... of the military. Military officials were given a much higher status than the majority of professions in the medieval times. While soldiers in modern times often fight for personal reasons or out of obligation, soldiers of the medieval era fought out of loyalty to their leader or country. The traditions of the warring nobility, in the middle ages, heavily emphasized the points of chivalry, piousness, courage, and camaraderie. In looking at medieval literature, The Song of Roland, Sir Gawain and the ... Green Knight, and Beowulf, seem to best convey the preceding points. Chivalry is perha...

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