King Arthur Chivalry

Chivalry was alive in the many Arthurian Legend stories. During that time, chivalry was basically a moral code for knights. For example, keeping one’s word could have been considered chivalrous. In Thomas Malory’s “Sir Launcelot du Lake,” and John Steinbeck’s “The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights,” chivalry is alive. Chivalry is shown to be alive in Thomas Malory’s “Sir Launcelot du Lake”. For example, When Sir Launcelot was taken prisoner by four queens, he was asked to either choose one of the four queens or to be left to die in a cell. Sir Launcelot showed chivalry when he responded to the queens by saying, “Understand that I choose none of you, lewd sorceresses that you are; rather will I die in this cell. But were I free, I would take pleasure in proving it against any who would champion you that Queen Gwynevere is the finest lady of this land,” (Malory 1021). By saying this, Launcelot means that he is devoted to Gwynevere and will not choose any other lady. Chivalry was a major part of Arthurian Legend and is present in many stories, not only in “Sir Launcelot du Lake,” but also in “The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights.” …show more content…
For example, at King Arthur’s Pentecost, many knights are telling stories that they heard about Lancelot. Lancelot was very chivalrous when he admitted, “Truthfully, I don’t know. It sounds different when they tell about it. And most of them feel it necessary to add a little. When I remember leaping eight feet, they tell it at fifty, and frankly I don’t recall several of those giants at all,” (1037). Launcelot shows chivalry when he says this by admitting that not all of it is true rather than taking all of the credit and saying that all of the stories are true. Lancelot showed that chivalry was alive in Arthurian