chivalry

1. the combination of qualities expected of an ideal knight, esp courage, honour, justice, and a readiness to help the weak

2. the medieval system and principles of knighthood

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Chivalry

Amadis of Gaul

personification of chivalric ideals: valor, purity, fidelity. [Span. Lit.: Benét, 27]

Arthur, King

king of England; head of the Round Table. [Br. Lit.: Le Morte d’Arthur]

Bevis

chivalrous medieval knight, righting wrongs in Europe. [Br. Lit.: Bevis of Hampton]

Book of the Courtier

Castiglione’s discussion of the manners of the perfect courtier (1528). [Ital. Lit.: EB, II: 622]

Calidore, Sir

personification of courtesy and chivalrous actions. [Br. Lit.: Faerie Queene]

Camelot

capital of King Arthur’s realm, evokes the romance of knightly activity. [Br. Legend: Collier’s IV, 224]

Cid, El

Spanish military leader who becomes a national hero through chivalrous exploits. [Span. Lit.: Song of the Cid]

Courtenay, Miles

dashing and chivalrous Irishman. [Br. Lit.: King Noanett, Walsh Modern, 108]

Coverley, Sir Roger de

ideal, early 18th-century squire. [Br. Lit.: “Spectator” in Wheeler, 85]

D’Artagnan

Dumas’s ever-popular chivalrous character. [Fr. Lit.: The Three Musketeers]

Dantes, Edmond

chivalrous adventurer. [Fr. Lit.: Count of Monte-Cristo]

Edward III, King

when a countess dropped her garter, he put it on to reproach the sniggering courtiers, and instituted the Order of the Garter. [Br. Legend: Benét, 383]

Eglamour, Sir

“a knight well-spoken, neat, and fine.” [Br. Lit.: Two Gentlemen of Verona]

Galahad, Sir

gallant, chivalrous knight of the Round Table. [Br. Lit.: Le Morte d’Arthur]

Gareth

knight who, though Lynette scorns him as only a kitchen hand, successfully accomplishes rescuing her sister. [Br. Poetry: Tennyson Idylls of the King]

Gawain, Sir King

Arthur’s nephew; model of knightly perfection and chivalry. [Br. Lit.: Sir Gawain and the Green Knight]

Ivanhoe

the epitome of chivalric novels. [Br. Lit.: Ivanhoe]

Knights Templars

protected pilgrims to the Holy Land and fought the Saracens. [Medieval Hist.: NCE, 1490]

Knights of the Round Table

chivalrous knights in King Arthur’s reign. [Br. Lit.: Le Morte d’Arthur]

Lancelot, Sir

knight in King Arthur’s realm; model of chivalry. [Br. Lit.: Le Morte d’Arthur]

Morte d’Arthur, Le

monumental work of chivalric romance. [Br. Lit.: Le Morte d’Arthur]

Orlando

gallant and steadfast hero of medieval romance. [Ital. Lit.: Orlando Furioso; Orlando Inammorato; Morgante Maggiore]

Quixote, Don

knight-errant ready to rescue distressed damsels. [Span. Lit.: Don Quixote]

Raleigh, Sir Walter

drops his cloak over a puddle to save Queen Elizabeth from wetting her feet. [Br. Lit.: Scott Kenilworth in Magill I, 469]

Richard the Lion-Hearted

(1159–1199) king known for his gallantry and prowess. [Br. Hist.: EB, 15: 827]

Roland

paragon of chivalry; unyielding warrior in Charlemagne legends. [Fr. Lit.: Song of Roland]

sweet william

symbolizes chivalry. [Flower Symbolism: Flora Symbolica, 181]

Valiant, Prince

comic strip character epitomizes chivalry. [Comics: Horn, 565]

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Kaeuper, Richard W., Holy Warriors: The Religious Ideology of Chivalry (Middle Ages), Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009; cloth; pp.

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