The traditions of the warring nobility, in the middle ages, heavily emphasized the points of chivalry, piousness, courage, and camaraderie. ... Chivalry is perhaps the second most important aspect of warring in the middle ages, second only to the Christian faith, but is one that most contrasts with modern times. Sir Gawain of Sir Gawain and the Great Knight is the paradigm of a chivalry in the middle ages. ... The better we strike the more the emperor will love us." ... The camaraderie that existed between the warriors in the middle ages was exceptional. ...

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On the flip side of that, we see a sort of revolution, a progression towards the "is" world, in literature. ... Men with that type of mentality did not speak of their feelings of love or even the feeling of emotional pain unless it was pain caused in a battle, and only that pain was worth mention. This type of behavior was typical of Anglo Saxon times in that men fought till the bitter end and lived in a shame filled culture unlike the guilt culture that became of the Medieval Ages. ... From reading literature from that time we gain insight into the lives of characters, which in turn allow ...

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d instead of the earthly love of humans, because it is only through God's Love that one can reach heaven. ... According to the Middle English Dictionary, this word means "to deceive, deal treacherously with, or be unfaithful to Page 3 (a person)."" ... While the Love of Jesus Christ will never deceive, the same is not necessarily true of human love, as we can see in Troilus and Criseyde. ... Chaucer lived during the Medieval Ages, when the Catholic Church controlled nearly every aspect of life. ... His most well known piece of literature in this 21st century is the Canterbury Tales, ...

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