![]() When he returns to Camelot, the entire yard wears green belts in communion with Gawain. Gwaine pleads guilty and wears a belt as a banner of his weakness. Holt McDougal Literature Grade Orlando: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, Ppġ5 Pictures en./wiki/chivalry fiveminutehistory.Medieval Romance, Epic, Adventure, Arthurian Legend Classic History, 2014, “The Medieval Period: Historical Context”. “The Age of Chivalry and Romance”, “Chivalry”. Siteseen Ltd, January, knights/chivalry.htm. Only to give the last of his money to give an indebted merchant a proper burial.ġ4 Works Cited Alchin,Linda.“Chivalry”. The Middle English knight Sir Amadace, almost bankrupt from his generosity went out on an adventure to regain his fortune. Fictional ideals and historical reality must be seen together but while there were bad knights there were also good knights who lived up to chivalrous ideals. Romantic stories are characterized by gallant adventures, heroism, and chivalry itself.ġ3 Chivalry as a Whole The ideals of Chivalry were not always followed completely, in fact there are historical records of “black knights” who terrorized peasants and dishonored ladies. A much more lasting effect of Chivalry was the new genre of literature it inspired, Romance. Though women still were valued by their dowry and had no more rights than before. In a courtly love relationship, the woman was supposed to be unobtainable and the relationship non-sexual.Ĭhivalry and its ideal of courtly love led to women being held in higher esteem with a new, idealized attitude. ![]() An example of this would include a knight wearing his lady’s colors into battle, this would make a knight feel braver and stronger. This ideal can be boiled down to one simple rule: Do not strike an unarmed manĬourtly love was the idea of honoring and adoring a woman for the purpose of self-improvement. The position that the knight had with the old master would not carry over to the new master. Because the downfall of the household would mean downfall of the knight. These soldiers are what eventually became knights and loyalty to their lord was crucial. Dukes, barons, and other nobles had to constantly be on guard for any threats to their position so they would hire bands of soldiers to protect their households. This is one ideal from the Code of Chivalry that was almost always followed. This ideal was formed to get more knights to join the Crusades, which were difficult and arduous.ĩ In depth ideal #5 Loyalty to his Overlord or King When Christians and Muslims fought against each other for rights to the holy land of Israel. Not stopping bad guys like a superhero.Ĩ In depth ideal #4 Encourage Knights to go on Holy QuestsĪ holy quest in this context meant the Crusades of the Middle Ages. When the chivalry code says to battle evil and uphold good, what it’s most likely describing is knights going of to fight for their lord. ![]() If a serf was getting beaten up in an alley and a knight were to pass by, the knight may not help depending on their own values and how they choose to follow the code of chivalry.ħ In depth ideal #3 Battle Evil and Uphold Good Knights and their code of chivalry applied to the lord that they served, it was the knights who governed the serfs and kept them in line. However, in reality this ideal wasn’t practiced the way you expected. Chivalrous knights were expected to be generous with their wealth, be honest to their lords and fellow knights, bravely go into battle, and be devout in worship to God.ĭefending the weak seems to be another self-explanatory ideal, knights were supposed to protect anyone who was in need. The ideal of Generosity, honesty, bravery, and piety is seemingly self-explanatory. Depending on the knight and how they chose to adhere to the Code of Chivalry ethics.ĥ In depth ideal #1 Generosity, Honesty, Bravery, and Piety While all of those ideals were meant to be followed completely, in reality they were only followed partially. The ideals previously stated were a just a loose collection of morals followed by knights of Europe. However, in actuality there was no authentic Code of Chivalry. Within chivalry there were several ideals and duties that knights were expected to follow Generosity, honesty, bravery, piety Defend the weak Battle evil and uphold good Encourage knights to go on Holy Quests Loyalty to his overlord or king Rules of war Adoring/Honoring a woman for self-improvement (courtly love)Ĥ Chivalry for Real The purpose of chivalry and its code was for knights to have a code of ethics to govern their behavior on and off the battlefield. Presentation on theme: "Chivalry By: Haley Lutz."- Presentation transcript:Ģ What is Chivalry? Chivalry was the code of honor developed by Eleanor of Aquitaine, King Henry II’s wife, as a way to govern knightly behavior Eleanor of Aquitaine, picturedģ Ideals Chivalry itself was an ideal, something that is desirable but unlikely to be a reality.
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