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In 18th- and 19th-century Italy, the cicisbeo (UK: / ˌ tʃ ɪ tʃ ɪ z ˈ b eɪ oʊ / CHITCH-iz-BAY-oh, [1] US: / ˌ tʃ iː tʃ-/ CHEE-chiz-, [2] Italian: [tʃitʃiˈzbɛːo]; plural: cicisbei) or cavalier servente (French: chevalier servant) was the man who was the professed gallant or lover [3] of a woman married to someone else.
Finally, the sixth stanza reprises the poem's first stanza but rephrases the last line, altering its meaning: rather than question who or what "could" create the "Tyger", the speaker wonders who would "dare," effectively modifying the tone of the stanza to present as more of a confrontation than a query.
Over time, the meaning of chivalry in Europe has been refined to emphasize more general social and moral virtues. The code of chivalry, as it stood by the Late Middle Ages , was a moral system which combined a warrior ethos , knightly piety , and courtly manners , all combining to establish a notion of honour and nobility .
Burning Bright is a 1950 experimental novella by John Steinbeck. Burning Bright may also refer to: Burning Bright, a 2003 single from the post-grunge band Shinedown's debut album Leave a Whisper; Burning Bright, a 2010 horror-thriller directed by Carlos Brooks; Burning Bright, a 2007 novel by Tracy Chevalier
Cavalier derives from the same Latin root as the Italian word cavaliere, the French word chevalier, and the Spanish word caballero, the Vulgar Latin word caballarius, meaning 'horseman'. Shakespeare used the word cavaleros to describe an overbearing swashbuckler or swaggering gallant in Henry IV, Part 2 (c. 1596–1599), in which Robert Shallow ...
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Title page of an Amadís de Gaula romance of 1533. A knight-errant [1] (or knight errant [2]) is a figure of medieval chivalric romance literature.The adjective errant (meaning "wandering, roving") indicates how the knight-errant would wander the land in search of adventures to prove his chivalric virtues, either in knightly duels (pas d'armes) or in some other pursuit of courtly love.
Kate Middleton followed in Queen Elizabeth’s footsteps by wearing a bright outfit during her latest royal outing. Kin Cheung/WPA Pool/Getty ImagesIn honor of Mental Health Awareness Week, the ...