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14 maj 2018 · Chivalry, derived from the French cheval (horse) and chevalier (knight), was originally a purely martial code for elite cavalry units and only later did it acquire its more romantic connotations of good manners and etiquette.
27 lut 2015 · CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME. CHAP. I. THE ORIGIN AND FIRST APPEARANCES OF CHIVALRY IN EUROPE. General nature of chivalry..Military and moral chivalry ... Origin of chivalry ... Usages of the Germans ... Election of soldiers ... Fraternity..Dignity of obedience ... Gallantry ... The age of Charlemagne ... Chivalry modified by religion ...
24 paź 2019 · The rise of the knight (miles in the Latin sources) has been carefully tracked by historians. Warrior society in the eleventh century, as Jean Flori tells us, had two powerful arms: the immobile (the castle) and the mobile (the knight). This mobility was the all–important factor in military terms.
Chivalry, or the chivalric language, is an informal and varying code of conduct developed in Europe between 1170 and 1220. It is associated with the medieval Christian institution of knighthood , with knights being members of various chivalric orders , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] and with knights' and gentlemen's behaviours which were governed by chivalrous ...
23 lis 2021 · The word itself, which first appeared in English in 1292, derives from the French chevalier or knight, specifically a mounted knight. It came to mean more than just knighthood, as chivalry was used to describe a way of fighting, a set of ideals in warfare and in love, and a whole system of society based around the idea of the noble warrior.
chivalry, the knightly class of feudal times. The primary sense of the term in Europe in the Middle Ages is “ knights ,” or “fully armed and mounted fighting men.” Thence the term came to mean the gallantry and honour expected of knights.
12 maj 2016 · This chapter engages with issues relating to the place of chivalry within the new forms of gentility which were emerging in late Tudor and early Stuart England. It traces a process of ‘revichalrization’ back to the 1570s and 1580s, as contemporary commentators sought to reconnect the military profession with the virtues of courage, honesty ...
