Tracing Chivalry Through Knighthood Throughout my semester of studies on knighthood, I have noticed two major swings in its goal. At first the knight existed only as a vassal, a mounted warrior for fighting. Then as the first crusade came around in 1095 it turned the knights...

Response to T.H. "White's The Once and Future King" Might for Right "Anguish of Ireland had once dreamed of a wind which blew down all their castles and towns, and this one was conspiring to do it." This quote from The Once and Future King symbolizes the huge wars fought, as well as t...