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Chivalry, or the chivalric language, is an informal and varying code of conduct developed in Europe between 1170 and 1220. It is associated with the medieval ...
An order of chivalry, order of knighthood, chivalric order, or equestrian order is an order of knights, [1] typically founded during or inspired by the original Catholic military orders of the Crusades (c. 1099–1291) and paired with medieval concepts of ideals of chivalry.
Chivalry is the traditional code of conduct associated with the medieval institution of knighthood. Chivalry may also refer to: Games. Chivalry (board game), a ...
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.
The dexter side is considered the side of greater honour, for example when impaling two arms. Thus, by tradition, a husband's arms occupy the dexter half of his shield, his wife's paternal arms the sinister half.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 January 2025. Honorary title awarded for service to a church or state "Knights" redirects here. For the Roman social class also known as "knights", see Equites. For other uses, see Knight (disambiguation) and Knights (disambiguation). A 14th-century depiction of the 13th-century German knight Hartmann ...
Southern chivalry, or the Cavalier myth, was a popular concept describing the aristocratic honor culture of the Southern United States during the Antebellum, Civil War, and early Postbellum eras. The archetype of a Southern gentleman became popular as a chivalric ideal of the slaveowning planter class , emphasizing both familial and personal ...
Pages in category "Chivalry" The following 25 pages are in this category, out of 25 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...