Knights Templar

is all about men in armor riding around questing, jousting and conquering, while the women sit helplessly in their towers and castles with nothing to do but sigh and swoon. Apart from the favorable depiction of Arthur, Lancelot, Gawain and other knights, the retellings of the Arthurian legend pay much attention to Queen Guinevere who, in addition to being untrue to her husband and King, treats her devoted lover, Sir Lancelot, unjustly. On the other hand, she remains faithful to her lover for…

seemingly pathetic dreams of being a knight, like Kay was destined to be. Wart began to go on about how he would call himself the Black Knight. “ And I should have hoved at a well or a fjord or something and made all true knights that came way to joust with me in honor of their ladies, and I should have spared them after giving them a great fall…” (White 81). After hearing Wart complain, Merlyn agreed to let Wart see some real knights joust, and asks him to choose a knight to see. Wart thought…

The code of chivalry is often debated with whether or not it is considered “old school”. Chivalry also is more respectful and obedient. Some points of the code are to never force ladies, gentlewomen or widows (never 'harm' women.) In woman perspectives, they were respected back in days. There were some things that men were to do, that does not happen now. This is why I think chivalry is dead. I would mainly talk about the women life of chivalry because we live in a growing feminist world,…

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…

prowess in battle and loyalty to Queen Guinevere. Is being good in battle and obedient to the Queen enough to prove he is the perfect knight he comes across as? If being a perfect knight in the middle ages only had the criterion of being brave and following the expectations associated with courtly love, Lancelot would have been a perfect knight, however, as a knight, Lancelot would have been expected to follow the codes of chivalry which he often acted in direct opposition to while acting out of…

moral, and social aspects. It was the way medieval knights were expected to behave both in society and on the battlefield. It is important to note, however, that a knight was not just any soldier, he was the mounted warrior of medieval times. Being a knight refers to being part of the cavalry and was a highly respected position, in part because of the mythology that developed surrounding knightly chivalry. Chivalry worked to idealize the knight by holding him to very high moral standards,…

Chivalry is a concept that has been prominent in stories for hundreds of years. Because chivalry was originally a code followed by knights, the clearest examples of it can be found in medieval texts, such as the Arthurian legend. Generally speaking, knights following the chivalric code were supposed to believe in and fear God, defend everyone (but especially the weak), obey authority, accept challenges from equals, and overall be honorable, honest guys who even go so far as to respect women.…

patience to act like a knight. More often than not, people are too caught up in their own lives that they don’t have the time to stop and think about helping others. Chivalry is the code of the knights. In Morte D’Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory, chivalry is displayed in many ways. The three ways that chivalry are displayed in Sir Thomas Malory’s Morte D’Arthur and Marie Borroff’s Sir Gawain and the Green Knight are when Gawain volunteers, when he goes to find the Green Knight after a year, and…

outside invaders. These protectors were warriors called Knights and Samurai and were both greatly skilled and educated. Although Japanese samurai and the European knights were on the opposite sides of the world, they both shared common similarities, but are more different than they are alike. Both samurai and knights wear armor, can fight on horses, shoot arrows and use swords, and have a code of conduct to follow. What really set samurai and knights apart is what their armor is made of, how…

In the opening chapter of The Rules of War, Walzer makes an important trace to the past: the lineage of military code and chivalry. During the middle ages, “the aristocratic warrior” benefited largely from this form of code, because it “marked of knights from mere ruffians and bandits…and was designed for their convenience.” Shortly after, Walzer examines to what extent notions of honor and chivalry are embodied in contemporary warfare. Near the end of his introduction, Walzer mentions a…