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    Jousting Tournament

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    Tournaments In the medieval times Jousting was a famous sport The process of becoming a knight was not a simple or easy task, in order to be a knight you needed to have the right connections, although you can become a knight as a free man but because of horses, armour, and weapons were so expensive it was more common for a noble or wealthy man to become a knight. Your journey to becoming a knight started at the age of seven, of which you would be called a Page, the job of being a Page was…

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    Its 1218 and growing up to have no fear, but war and violence is key to the nomadic empire I am a part of. Overlooking my camp, I have spent fifteen years preparing myself to become one of the warriors of a huge army full of fearsome fighters known in Central/Northern Asia, for the rest of my life. Ever since I was young enough to remember, I have been training with horses with hunting and herding them. Now that I am of age to be a part of the military life, I was given four horses to alternate…

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    you were trained to fight. If people wanted to be european knights, training would start at a young age. Imagine you are three years old and was given a sword. The sword would be used to practice fencing basics . This is what a Japanese samarai did. These situations are just one thing that these elite warriors had to do. The European knight and a Japanese samurai are both elite warriors that have similarities and differences. The knights and the samurais were both the the strongest in their…

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    Have you ever wondered what your coat of arm is? Well I am going to share my coat of arms with you. So three things that represents my coat of arms is my motto, three character traits and three symbols. My motto is Dream Big, Soar High. This motto means you can never dream too big and you can always accomplish the dream somehow and someway. Also, it means if you believe in yourself, you will be able to succeed through life. One last reason that it means is don’t let people drag you down…

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    people say that Knights and Samurais are the complete opposite, which they aren't. They are very much the same with many differences. For example, both Knights and Samurais merged around Feudalism, and had the same hierarchical system. They also were prepared for battle and went into battle in the same ways. Knights and Samurais were very much the same with small differences because of what they wore/used in battle, how they were structured, and their honor codes. First of all, Knights and…

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    Obligations of the Warrior Classes: European Knight and Japanese Samurai When looking at the roles and their differences between European Knights and Japanese Samurai, there were four articles. The first article looked at was about the way of the Samurai, which was by William S. Wilson in 1979. This article went into depth about how Samurai were treated and how they had to be in a certain mindset. The second article in the Samurai was by Jackson Spielvogel in 2011. This article was about a…

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    Chivalry Is Dead Essay

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    chivalry is dead. In order to support this statement on whether chivalry is dead or not, a single definition of chivalry must be determined. Just by simply looking at a dictionary, chivalry is defined as, “the sum of the ideal qualifications of a knight, including courtesy, generosity, valor, and dexterity in arms.” From this definition,…

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    and Knights Imagine the medieval time period, the 1400s, in the blazing sun, a fully trained soon to be Knight, European warrior, was kneeling before his father. At that moment his father would have placed the mighty sword, that would’ve finally made him a full Knight at war, in his hands. A drop of sweat fell down the Knights face as he imagined the disappointed look on his father's face when he told him that he was going to break the contract, and not follow through with becoming a Knight.…

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    samurai, the loyal warriors of Japan, and the knights, the religious warriors of Europe. Though they may be on opposite sides of the world, they do not acknowledge each other’s existence, similarities were mere coincidences, and the two display little correlation among each other. The knights and samurai differentiated upon their training, had dissimilar loyalty policies and codes, and diverse perspectives of death. Although the samurai and knight started their training at childhood, their…

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    compete in many more tournaments, William meets Jocelyn and instantaneously falls in love with her. William Thatcher was born in the Cheapside borough of London in the early 1350’s. Even though he was not very wealthy, he had always dreamed of being a knight. His father told him to change his stars and he would be able to do whatever he desired. William had many characteristics used to identify him such as his jousting skills, his chivalry for Jocelyn, and his bravery. William Thatcher had…

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