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Elizabethan era dueling and Fencing http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/elizabethan-fencing.htm **__ Elizabethan Era Fencing and Dueling __** There were two kinds of fencing in Elizabethan times; Dueling and stage fencing. Duels were actual fights that were started to settle disputes. Stage fencing was basically just a fake fight in a play. Either way, people had to train for duels. Training for a fencing duel was long and laborious. Skills in Fencing were required for all the upper class people such as kings and especially nights. Knights were trained in fencing from age 7 to and on. The weapon people generally used is called a rapier, although before rapiers were developed, clumsier, heavier cutting swords were used. When people used the old swords, the fight depended on just brute strength. Since people used these new rapiers, new fencing skills and techniques were introduced by fencing masters.

__ Pythagoras__ “ // As long as man continues to be the ruthless destroyer of lower living beings he will never know health or peace, For as long as men massacre animals, they will kill each other.” // Pythagoras of Samos was a Greek philosopher and mathematician that was born somewhere around 570 B.C. on the Greek island of Samos. When he was in his teens he visited Cairo and was influenced by the Priests there. When he was around 30 he settled on the island called Crotona. There he gathered all of the Aristocrats that lived on the island and formed a brotherhood/school. One of the beliefs of Pythagoras was that everything was linked to numbers, and that numbers were the essence of the world. For example, he thought that colors could be thought of as different numbers and that feeling could be described as numbers. Also, he thought numbers could be referred to as shapes; like a 3 is a triangle, and a 4 is a square. The Pythagoreans additionally researched astronomy. Pythagoras believed that the planets had movements of their own, and that earth revolved around a central fire, so he was partially right. They thought that astronomy could be understood by figuring out measurements and ratios. The theory that the Earth revolved around a central fire may have been the basis of Copernicus’ theory of the universe. In addition to that Pythagoras contributed to the world the idea that the world was spherical instead of flat. He was the first person known to come to this conclusion. His theory influenced other Greek philosophers on the subject. Also, Pythagoras and his brotherhood figured out that if you pluck a string; the shorter it is the higher the pitch is and the longer the string is, the lower the pitch is. Another belief of the Pythagoreans is that the soul is immortal and once one body dies the soul moves on to another “host”. Pythagoras may have picked this idea up while traveling in the east. Pythagoras and his group were very secretive. The public there was suspicious of the Pythagorean Brotherhood because it was all aristocrats. Most of the brotherhood was killed in a political uprising. When Pythagoras heard the sound of hammers hitting nails, he concocted a formula relating their mass and the sound they made. He was a master of math and very curious of the world and everything in it.

__ Snow __ Snow is the best to play in with buddies It keeps you away from your studies Everything covered in white Makes being outside tight You can make snowmen or go sledding I hope it will snow at my wedding Even though freezing conditions are despised by some I am delighted when my fingers are numb