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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