Essays on Chivalry

Sometimes we find ourselves looking back at time remembering all the highs and lows we have been through and at the end just admiring the simple life that once occurred. Chivalry does the same thing by bringing us back in time but by adding some...

In this essay, we take a look at how the writers of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and First Knight use chivalry and courtly love, as well as taking a look at how one can use satire to easily ridicule the story of King...

Characters in the poems, Beowulf and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, all believed in most of the honorable codes of chivalry. Characters within the poem Beowulf valued bravery, strength, loyalty, and beliefs. In Sir Gawain and the Green Knight characters honored similar codes. Beowulf...

The Chivalry of Arnold’s Friend Meg Ryan, speaking in regard to one of her films, stated “I heard that chivalry was dead, but I think its just got a bad flu” (2017). Ryan is saying that the ideas of chivalry are still applicable and occur,...

What was chivalry? Chivalry is a religious, moral and social code which helped distinguish the higher classes from those below them and which provided a means by which knights could earn themselves a favourable reputation so that they might progress in their careers and personal...

Chivalry Our current culture is not all about being romantic and minding the manners your parents taught you as kids. Romance is no longer the guy buying his girl friend, which means the world to him, roses, chocolate, or a teddy bear. These days maybe...

Medieval warfare has always been known as a violent affair, which in most researched cases is quite accurate. In the earlier period, battles constituted of opposing sides decimating land, houses and wreaking havoc and violence again civilians. Then there would sometimes be a pitched battle...

In Miguel de Cervantes’ Don Quixote, the major motifs portrayed throughout the novel are honorable chivalry and the delusional perception of which Don Quixote views the world as enchanted. On several accounts throughout the story it becomes apparent that despite being delusional, Don Quixote reveals...

An important theme found throughout Beowulf and Lanval is the role of “hero”. It is the leading theme for both texts and is very crucial to the understanding of the texts. The warrior code was a crucial aspect that warriors must have acquired in Beowulf...

While chivalry was characterized as an ethical, religious social code of noble and courtly conduct in medieval times, it has changed over time to be something less formal but still very relevant. The origin of chivalry “derives from old French as chevalerie, which is loosely...

There are many modern-day heroes. Those who we see as strong and brave. Those who protect us. However, where did these qualities aspire from. How do we judge if someone is noble. If someone is worth honoring. There are many attributes that contribute to this...

When the chivalric code was introduced wars became lass barbaric, developing an honor-based system of warfare. Chivalry is characterized as, “a period of significant metamorphosis with an emphasis on lineage allegiance to one’s lord and violence”. Chivalry is known for of having deep routes in...

Chivalry is an evocative word, conjuring up enchanting images of gentlemen in shining armor mounted on white horses fighting bravely to rescue the damsels in distress, protectors of the poor and downtrodden, servants to their virtuous kings, and guardians of the Christian faith. But this...

The backbone upon which the medieval romance “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight” was constructed is the code of chivalry. Chivalry, in a modern context, may bring to mind the simple practice of being courteous to women. In a medieval context, though, it is the...

While the chivalric code has rarely taken the shape of a formal code of conduct, its effects can be observed in the way medieval life was shaped from the way wars were waged to the way nobility behaved. The original meaning of the word “chivalric”...

Inside the story “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been” is a story that deals and revolves around the ‘demonic’ Arnold Friend who is seen to possess some signs and unpredictable behaviors that can be said to be satanic, he is seen to have...

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is a 14th century medieval English poetic story on romance and male chivalry. It is categorized as an Athurian story combining aspect of chivalry from the French, Irish, Welsh and English cultures as shown through the codes of behavior...

“What is a man if not chivalrous?” a sentence that was as common as the air our colonial ancestors breathed. Unfortunately, much like the polluted air to which we are subjected to in the 21st century, the above sentence has tarnished and had its share...

During my childhood I had very little access to the internet so I had mostly spent my time away from the farm watching TV and reading books, and I had grown an interest in knights but I had never been able to actually do research...