Chivalry Research Papers Samples For Students

Nobility in the medieval time shad unquestionable value attached to it. Majority of the nobles lived their lives in luxury and were rich beyond the common man’s wildest dreams. The thought of the medieval knights often brings nobility in mind, hence the question whether knights had to emanate from the noble class. Exemplary works by Sir Thomas Malory (1408–1471) recount the marvelous adventures of chivalrous, heroic knights of super-human ability. The knights, abiding by the chivalry's strict codes of honor and demeanor went on quests to fight and defeat monsters and giants, thereby winning favor with a lady. ...

Ms. Kristy White

English Literature I
Gawain and the Games of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
In the medieval classic Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Sir Gawain of King Arthur’s Court must answer the challenge of the ‘beheading game,’ in which the Green Knight will give a challenger one chance to hit him with his axe, provided the Knight is allowed to search for him to return the blow at any time in the next year. This starts the journey of Sir Gawain and the games he plays – he must endure many trials over the course of the ...

On the surface, the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight appears to be a simple tale of a knight who accepts a difficult quest and, fulfilling it, returns to the court at Camelot, victorious. However, upon further exploration of the poem, much about its meaning becomes increasingly ambiguous. For example, the poem’s fourteenth century poet could have had a very different intent concerning ideas of chivalry and temptation than a modern reader may assume after reading the poem. Literary scholars argue over the meaning of Sir Gawain in terms of ideas about chivalry, temptation, the role of women, and the place of ...

Rosemary Sutcliff's The Light Beyond the Forest is a retelling of the quest to retrieve the Holy Grail, undertaken by four of the Knights of the Round Table - Lancelot, Bors, Percival and Galahad. This story recounts one of the more famous Arthurian legends in English history, and demonstrates both the virtues and flaws of noble knights on a crusade for their king and their God. Due to the scope and the majesty of this noble adventure, the knights conduct many feats of chivalry and heroism - sometimes, their lack of virtue comes back to haunt them and affect their journey. ...

The French Revolution was one of the most important moments in world history. The French Revolution symbolized that the ideologies and methods of the Enlightenment were no longer only the work of philosophes, academics and of the salons of Paris. The French Revolution was the moment when all of this theoretical knowledge regarding the way societies and governments should be organized left the pages and entered the streets, the cafes and the political clubs.  The French Revolution was the result of a crisis in France’s ancien regime and its assertion of the division of the state, the polity, ...

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The paper deals with Japanese samurai warriors and the cultural peculiarities of this highly decorated social and military elite. Customs, religious practices, different codes of conduct, material culture, such as clothing and weaponry, food, and drinks are among the main subjects highlighted in the paper. The project is based on the opinions and knowledge shared by prominent subject-field scientists and journalists.
Keywords: culture, Japanese, samurai, code, weapon, elite, warrior
All world societies, whether civilized or not, have always had a distinctive social group of nobility or a ruling caste in charge of administrative, cultural, economic and political affairs, with ...

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The essay revolves around the peasants’ war of 1524-2525. The peasants’ war, also known as the revolution of 1525, is the largest insurrection or revolt in the history of Europe before the French Revolution. The goal of this essay is to explain the history before the revolution on the administration, economic situation, the culture of the peasant in ration to their agrarian development and the different social classes that existed. The causes of the war outbreak, movements and the suppression of the peasants’ war 1524 are discussed in the essay. Under the leadership of Martin Luther and Thomas Muntzer, ...

His Victory at Bosworth Field

Henry VII and his Struggle to Maintain Power after his Victory at Bosworth Field
Knowing well that his hold on the English throne was feeble, Henry VII was primarily concerned with securing his position as King of England after winning the battle at Bosworth. His security as a monarch had already been further threatened by his victory at Bosworth. The country had been in the state of civil war for almost a century, known as the War of the Roses. King Richard II had been dethroned by Henry Bolingbroke, who then crowned Henry IV as king. Violent and armed rebellions ...

Impacts of female roles in traditional Chinese drama on foreign audience (US audience) or impacts to spread Chinese culture

In Chinese drama, the female characters are referred to as Dan. This is a general name given to female characters that play different roles, and it can be subdivided into four: Wudan, Laodan, Huadan, and Zhengdan (Wertz, 2011).Zhengdan is also known as “Qinqyi”, and this character mainly plays the role of a middle-aged woman who is strong-minded and her behavior is full of elegance. Most lines acted by the Zhengdan character are delivered as songs. Moreover, the spoken parts of her acting are delivered as rhythms. This character is always dressed in blue gowns. Huadan character refers to young women ...

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Wars, revolutions, and conflict have done its share in influencing and removing European monarchies in power for the past centuries. Many have risked their lives in hopes of a better Europe, while some instigated rebellions to seize the throne they lusted to claim as their own. In France, the Reign of Terror became a symbol of fear upon its onset in the dawn of the French Revolution as countless conflicts between rival political parties and mass execution of rebels painted the streets of Paris in red. With the goal to purge France of those who wish to rebel against the throne ...

Quality health care means different things for different patients. For some, it would mean waiting in the queue for the shortest time possible while for others it would mean nurses going out of their way to be courteous. For health professionals, quality healthcare means providing treatment and services that will help patients to heal quickly and comfortably. Quality health services can be measured by the extent to which these services escalate the probability of medical outcomes that are desirable and consistent with present-day expert knowledge. A health facility that incorporates all these aspects of quality healthcare thus becomes one ...

As the CEO of Crispy Foods, a family business establishment, which has been in operation for 15 years now, and counting, I am going to focus on Lambert’s series, specifically, season 3 episode 5 from the Under Cover Boss. I want to relate the business operations with the reality show so as to see the staff NIL the representation. The mission of the business is ‘Offer a Juicy Taste’, with the vision of ‘Be the Best’. In this episode, I took an undercover task, with an Alias name, Marcus.
The objective of my going undercover was to see ...

CONTEXT AND COMPARISON OF

In reaction to the decadence and corruption so pervasive in the Roman Catholic Church, the Protestant Reformation sought to introduce an asceticism into the artistic world of its followers. Martin Luther, as well as others who followed him, advocated the destruction of art in churches, particularly images of saints, muted color schemes for the artwork that remained, and an emphasis on images either of Jesus or of contemporary leaders and heroes of the movement. Joseph Koerner’s book The Reformation of the Image (2004) compellingly shows how visual art became indispensable to a religious movement built on words. In a time ...

Ernest Hemingway is one of the celebrated modern American writers in the realm of World literature who has every privilege to be called a legend. He has authored a number of diverse narratives and short stories. He is famous for his two main and critically acclaimed novels, A Farewell to Arms and For Whom the Bell Tolls. Both the novels project the war heroes, the passionate love and the inevitable climaxes that draw in wide public attention. One who reads the novels of Hemingway finds in him a superb craftsman, a great story- teller and also a thinker who has striven to give artistic ...

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On page 41 of “Gawain and the Green Knight” the poem speaks more of metrical romance. In this context the poet brings the theme of hunting and seduction. This is in relation to the frequently distinguished corresponding flanked by the three consequent hunting panoramas which are followed by the three seduction scenes. This clearly highlights the correspondence of the scenes that actually does arise when the lord goes out hunting. In this context the scene that does arise is the one which is illustrated by the lord rising early in the morning and goes deer hunting.

In these ...

Great Expectations is a coming of age story written and set in England during the period of the Industrial Revolution. With the endowment of a secret benefactor, the main character, a country orphan named Phillip “Pip” Pirrip, sets out to attain the necessary accoutrements of Victorian gentility; education, money, and social acceptance. The novel exposes the immorality and hypocrisy of the Victorian Era’s socio-economic class system. When viewed through the author’s depiction of prevalent social issues such as child welfare and development, criminal justice, and social mobility, Great Expectations’ is a poignant indictment of the corruptive influence of money on moral ...

Arthur Mills is a famous author who has capability to attract the peculiar feelings of the every reader who enjoys reading books and wish to feel author’s illustration power. The play Death of a Salesman written by Arthur Miller in the Aristotelian sense is a classic tragedy. It brings empty capitalism’s promises, the American dreams materialistic version and a sense of capitalism critique. It is a tragic play written by Arthur Miller. It is commonly known as the first tragedy of Modern American society. It is based on the foundations, values and moral principles of the American society by utilizing the American ...

The history of the formation and development of the American federalism is interesting because, in spite of all its specific features, it largely reflects the general trends that are inherent in any federal state. Such, for example, as a struggle between the center and the subjects of the federation for the rights and powers, as the trend towards centralization of power, and so on. In other words, it indicates the urgency of the problem of the relationship between the central government and form part of any complex public education.
In 1775 the thirteen American colonies of England raised a rebellion ...

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The Great Gatsby was written by F. Scott Fitzgerald and was published in the year 1925 is possibly the most significant work of fiction of the decade and it is considered to be an account of the self-absorption of the affluent class in the 1920s. The Great Gatsby had been praised as an imaginative and material success for the young author of the book, F. Scott Fitzgerald. The book was well thought-out to be an immensely mature and creatively masterful management of Fitzgerald's themes than his previously published fiction. The idea of the American Dream is presented in an ...

Emeralds are gleaming green gemstones that were once said -- by no less than the Hindu Vedas -- to give good luck, as well as having healing qualities. They were coveted during India's Gupta Empire, and are still coveted today by people all over the world. Today, the main producer of emerald quartz and gemstones is South America. Countries such as Colombia and Brazil are producing more of the gemstone than ever before (Norman, 1995, internet).
Initially constructed in 1599, The Crown of the Andes is one of the most striking -- and recognizable -- pieces of regalia ...

Introduction

Oedipus tragedy is predicted even before his birth in the oracle of Apollo at Delphi, as his father, Laius, will meet his fatal death in his hand and he will marry his own mother, Jocasta, when he grows up. The oracle is the major reason for his parents to infanticide him. Aristotle, the great Greek philosopher, adverts Oedipus as a best example of tragic hero ever. Aristotle’s panorama about Oedipus is vividly described in the following lines: “must be one who is highly renowned and prosperous-a personage like Oedipus” (Poetics XIII paragraph 2) and “he who hears the tale ...

This is the story which was composed as from the period when the Scandinavian militants invaded Britain. Beowulf has eventually played a big role towards the development of the modern literature. The author of the story is still unrecognized despite of the rumors which stress that the author was an Anglo Saxon. By the time the story was composed, invaders had already stayed in the Britain for so many years. Beowulf proved himself as the true warrior when he killed Greandal himself. He did not need mortal weapons any further since they were not helpful, instead he used the swords ...

It is just about impossible to discuss Hamlet without the word “conflict” coming up. From beginning to end, the tortured path that the young prince of Denmark has to travel is beset with both internal and external battles that begin with the untimely death of his father and end with the death of everyone who could have held power in the kingdom, leaving matters quite vulnerable just as the Norwegian prince Fortinbras shows up. It is this reason why the actors who have played Hamlet have all had to show such range in terms of demonstrating the different modes ...

Introduction

Samurai warriors have been dubbed as individuals who are close to the nobility. During the medieval and early modern era in Japan, Samurais were referred to as people who belong to the society’s political and military nobility . They were also called Bushi which was a term used to address the middle and upper echelons of the country’s warrior class citizens.
The Samurais were deemed to be highly disciplined individuals who diligently followed principles and doctrines based on a set of standardized rules which they call the bushido . The population of the samurais was believed to be only 10 ...

In 1725 after raise in the level of population literacy, after enlightenment of the Russian society after victories in several great wars - the Seven Years War, Polish, Russian-Turkish, and Russian-Swedish - and after the grand reforms of Peter, Russia partly returned to the Time of Troubles, by the time when the country had no legitimate ruler. Peter I died before he could appoint a successor. As a result, many palace coups have begun. Many people changed power: Catherine I, Peter II, Anna Ioannovna, Ivan VI Antonovich, Elizaveta Petrovna, and Peter III. When Catherine II came to power, she stayed there ...

This is not the only instance where Sir Gawain has been said to place his King’s safety before his own. In ‘the Wedding of Sir Gawain and Dame Ragnell’, Gawain agreed to marry and ugly old hag to save Arthur’s life saying “Is this alle?/ I shalle wed her and wed her again,/ Thoughe she were a fend,/ Though she were as foulle as Belsabub,/ Her shalle I wed, by the rood,/ Or ells were not I your frende;/ For ye ar my king with hnour/ And have worshipt me in many a stoure” . ...

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The works of Oscar Wilde are both entertaining and humanizing. The stories are usually critiques of the rich or wealthy in society. They also seem to a reflection of Wilde’s own life and circle.
A prevalent theme in Oscar Wilde’s works is the hypocrisy of the rich which result in the abuse of themselves and others, especially the poor or less privileged. This theme is particularly apparent in many of works. Analyzed in this paper are Oscar Wilde’s novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray; short stories, The Devoted Friend and The Model Millionnaire; and the poem, ...

The Hero-Warrior Ideal in Western Literature

Stories of the hero-warrior in literature trace the progress of Western civilization and the inexorable influence of Christianity. The heroic ideal is one in which the accomplishments and legacies of great warriors have been passed on in stories originating in ancient populations, who adopted the virtues of the hero as their own. In this way, the moral and physical worthiness of a tribe or nation could be traced to the exploits of a mighty forbear. The Romans, for example, exhibited this phenomenon in their claims to have preserved and carried on the martial greatness of Troy. Heroic qualities of courage and ...

Summary of Interviews

Three persons were interviewed to determine their attitudes concerning the use of Facebook by young teens: a 28-year-old mother, a 28-year-old nonparent, and a 42 year-old father.
All three had their reservations regarding the minimum age requirement for registration at Facebook. They felt that 13 was too young an age for children to be able to make certain life-decisions without parental control, and that Facebook might expose them to situations they might not be mature enough to handle. They also all thought that 16 would be a more suitable age for a teen to join a social network. However, they also all agreed that ...

Studying world history and society would not be complete without tackling one of the oldest civilizations in the globe. India’s culture and history could be traced back from the Mesopotamian era. At present, it is still known as a country filled with countless stories and fascinating traditions. The country is also known for establishing the hierarchy of men and women. Men are usually given the role of extreme importance while women are to stay at home and take care of their children and the house. If this would be considered in the modern world, it is a form of discriminatory ...