chivalry

(noun)

A code of conduct associated with the medieval institution of knighthood, which later developed into social and moral virtues more generally.

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Examples of chivalry in the following topics:

  • Illuminated Manuscripts

    • They documented short stories or legends about the lives of saints, chivalry knights or other mythological figures, even criminal, social or miraculous occurrences, and popular events more commonly used by storytellers and itinerant actors to support their plays.
  • Romantic Love

    • These relations were highly elaborate and ritualized in a complexity that was steeped in a framework of tradition, which stemmed from theories of etiquette derived out of chivalry as a moral code of conduct.
  • Bleeding Kansas

  • Intellectual Life

    • Royal and noble courts saw the development of chivalry and the ethos of courtly love.
  • The Fall of the Han and the Three Kingdoms Period

    • This was one of the bloodiest times in Chinese history—according to census data, the population decreased from 50 million to 16 million—but it also has long been romanticized in East Asian cultures and remembered as a time of chivalry and honor.
  • Patterns of Organization: Informative, Persuasive, and Commemorative

    • Are we justified in our nostalgia for a bygone era of chivalry?
  • Christine de Pizan

    • Her early courtly poetry is marked by her knowledge of aristocratic custom and fashion of the day, particularly involving women and the practice of chivalry.
  • Sectionalism and the New South

    • Supporters typically portrayed the Confederacy's cause as noble and its leadership as exemplars of old-fashioned chivalry and honor, defeated by the Union armies through numerical and industrial force that overwhelmed the South's superior military skill and courage.
  • The Silo D'Oro

    • Some have argued that as a social critic, Lope de Vega attacked, like Cervantes, many of the ancient institutions of his country - aristocracy, chivalry, and rigid morality, among others.
  • The Anglican Church

    • Unlike his father, who was secretive and conservative, the young Henry appeared the epitome of chivalry and sociability.
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