More than one thousand years ago there was once the medieval time period. This time period involved heroism, knights, loyalty, great adventures and memorable kings. The most memorable king of this time period was King Arthur, stories and legends have been written and rewritten about hime for hundreds of years. Many of his stories involve knights. You may have heard of knights in shining armor, riding horses, and saving people…Well that is actually accurate. Knights were noble men who had a certain way of living and had many good deeds and quests that fulfilled their lives. Knights lived by a chivalry code; a chivalry code was basically a list of how the knight must act and be portrayed to other people. Knights are also supposed to show women the upmost respect. For example a knight should not act as the one had in Chaucer’s, Wife of Bath’s Tale. In the wife of bath’s tale a knight had broken his chivalry code, “ He saw a maiden walking all forlorn ahead of him, alone as she was born. And of that maiden, spite of all she said, By very force he took her maidenhead.” (Chaucer,wife of bath’s, lines 31-34) The knight had raped a women and because of that was sent away. Knights are supposed to be looked up to and also be looked toward for help if in need, that is why there is a chivalry code. The most important traits of the chivalry code that a knight must honor are loyalty, defense and courage.
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A knight must never betray and must always stay true to his title. He was stay true and commit to the life and ideals he had chosen to live by. Loyalty is not a negotiable subject, it must
A knight must never betray and must always stay true to his title. He was stay true and commit to the life and ideals he had chosen to live by. Loyalty is not a negotiable subject, it must