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…. Speak now, O my heart, O my whole heart, speak now and say to your God: My face hath sought Thee: Thy face, O Lord, will I seek.... Be it mine to look up to Thy light, even from afar, even from the depths. Teach me…

…forebears added to the number of horsemen in their army, giving land to mounted warriors. In the ninth century the empire, torn by civil wars and invasions, broke up. Powerful local lords and their mounted warriors offered protection to peasants, who became…

…Code, which focuses on proper worship for the Lord. In Exodus 25-31, a detailed description of the Ark and the Tabernacle is given. Exodus 25:8-9 states, “They shall make a sanctuary for me, that I may dwell in their midst. This Dwelling and all its…

…farming was the way of life. At each manor there was a lord, and many serfs. Everything was communal. The property, which the serfs lived on, was communally shared using an open field farming system. Each person had their crops in rows…

…at Gawain by the wife of the Lord of Hautdesert Castle. In each hunt scene, a characteristic of the prey of that hunt is personified in Gawain's defense against the advances of the Lord's wife. The first temptation of Gawain is perhaps the most difficult…

…are lord of all my duty; I am hitherto your daughter. But here’s my husband; And so much duty as my mother showed To you, preferring you before her father, So much I challenge that I may profess Due to the Moor my lord. (1.3.178-186) This is the only…

…, in the light of the promise to David. He feels that there is foreshadowing in the Psalms of the coming Messiah, especially in the Psalms that David wrote (98). David stated in Psalm 110: 1 “The Lord says to my Lord ‘Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies…

…of a knight. Chivalry was the code of conduct by which knights were supposedly guided. In addition to military prowess and valor and loyalty to God and the knight's feudal lord, it called for courtesy toward enemies and generosity toward the sick and oppressed…

…. Hop in to that time machine because we are about to go into the past to experience a feast of royal proportions. Feasts were always held in the Great Hall in a king’s or lord’s castle or manor and usually began around eleven in the morning. The tables…

…his predecessor King Saul. David is God’s favorite mainly in part due to David’s piety and his undeniable devotion to the Lord. Saul receives God’s blessing when it becomes apparent that the people of Israel will not rescind their demand for a king…