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It would be obvious to say that society changes over the years. Yet as the years grow farther apart we tend to forget how those before us lived their lives. These historic ways of life are thankfully preserved in literary works put down and documented centuries b ....

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.... An interesting contradiction though is that the English etymology of the word knight is trusted servant. This comes form the Anglo-Saxon word "cnyht" (De La Bere 35). The idea of a knight being a servant does not fit most people's ideas of knighthood or chivalry, but in essence that is what a knight is. A knight's duty is always to his king. The duality of these roles is what makes chivalry unique. (Barber 9). So where did chivalry get its start? Many believe it started with the barbaric Huns or the Roman Empire. Both civilizations had soldiers who can be called knights, but there is controversy over which really influenced what we now consider ....