Another way the people of medieval times liked to idealize is in their elevation of a romantic love to a spiritual one. ... (Romance 63) when he is telling of troublesome times for them. ... The knights from the medieval times could have been easily explained as any common man who was trained to fight on horseback, and who had a set of rules, called chivalry, that instructed them on how they were supposed to act in certain scenarios. ... Most people in our society look up to these people and sort of look to them for guidance in troublesome times, but in medieval times their saints seemed to...

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Some historians notice a certain impetus gained by this movement in what is classified to be medieval India, specifically in the 12th and 13th century. ... The discussion in this paper seeks to understand this phenomenon in the background of the social atmosphere of the times these women lived in and the impact they seemed to have made, the legacy they seemed to have left behind for the many after them. ... Speaking further of the spiritual exploration within the realms of Bhakti in general and the emerging trends within Bhakti in what is classified to be medieval India in particular, one must...

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Back during the medieval times soldiers used what is called a battering ram; it is a device made of a tree trunk used to literally batter, pound, punch and shake down gates, doors and walls of Medieval castles, fortresses and towns (Lords and Ladies). ... Many times in Christian life there are obstacles that cause backsliding. ... Many times throughout a Christian's life God molds their lives to be used according to need. ...

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The Spread of Islam If there is one thing that marks the landscape of the medieval time period it must be religion. ... The Medieval times were an era of much conflict and growth of new ideas and new societies. ...

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(O'Connor, Habit 334) In his book, American Gargoyles: Flannery O'Connor and the Medieval Grotesque, Anthony Di Renzo compares her work to the paintings of the Flemish painter Hieronymus Bosch. ...

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He has been identified as the " first major European thinker in modern times to embrace democratic republicanism as the highest and most rational form of political organisation,"" in which all men were equal. ... The Jewish-Islamic Medieval mystical tradition also approached this. ...

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