... the loss of one man would discern the entire army, as well as the king. The king in The Story of Roland spoke of the deaths of warriors with such devotion that " his baron knights weep; twenty thousand of them swoon and fall to the ground (Roland)". Camaraderie within such armies is ultimately what kept them together in order to be victorious. Throughout medieval literature, in this case, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Story of Roland, and Beowulf, the traditions of chivalry, piousness, courage, and ... camaraderie are heavily emphasized about the warring nobility. These are perha...

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