Knights And Chivalry
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Chivalry was a system of ethical ideals developed among the knights of
medieval Europe. Arising out of the feudalism of the period, it combined
military virtues with those of Christianity, as epitomized by he Arthurian
legend in England and the chansons de geste of medieval France. The word
chival ....
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.... and the Hospitalers, the Teutonic Knights, and the Spanish
orders of Alcantara, Calatrava, and Santiago. In the late Middle Ages, rulers
formed secular orders of chivalry such as the English Order of the Garter and
the Burgundian Order of the Golden Fleece. By this time, however, chivalry had
become largely a system of etiquette. Tournaments, in which knights had
originally risked their lives in jousting combat before the ladies, became
simply elaborate, stylized, and harmless entertainments. ....
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