genightmareangelofjudgement
asked:
there there you can cry on me. i don't mind. *punches the people who made you cry*
Chivalry is a code of combat. The rules of a duel.
the literary nerd in me is screaming hysterically right now because that’s wrong
- To fear God and maintain His Church
- To serve the liege lord in valour and faith
- To protect the weak and defenceless
- To give succour to widows and orphans
- To refrain from the wanton giving of offence
- To live by honour and for glory
- To despise pecuniary reward
- To fight for the welfare of all
- To obey those placed in authority
- To guard the honour of fellow knights
- To eschew unfairness, meanness and deceit
- To keep faith
- At all times to speak the truth
- To persevere to the end in any enterprise begun
- To respect the honour of women
- Never to refuse a challenge from an equal
- Never to turn the back upon a foe
Well I knew it was more about combat than women.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtly_love
Courtly love (or fin'amor in Occitan) was a medieval European literary conception of love that emphasized nobility and chivalry.
-more literary nerd noises-
huh. You learn something new every day.