#The age of chivalry pdf
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In time of war the knight was, with his followers, in the camp of his sovereign, or commanding in the field, or holding some castle for him. The knight then was a mounted warrior, a man of rank, or in the service and maintenance of some man of rank, generally possessing some independent means of support, but often relying mainly on the gratitude of those whom he served for the supply of his wants, and often, no doubt, resorting to the means which power confers on its possessor. This privilege was conferred on youths of family and fortune only, for the mass of the people were not furnished with arms. The word knight, which originally meant boy or servant, was particularly applied to a young man after he was admitted to the privilege of bearing arms. The word Chivalry is derived from the French cheval, a horse. From this last source sprang Chivalry, which framed an ideal of the heroic character, combining invincible strength and valor, justice, modesty, loyalty to superiors, courtesy to equals, compassion to weakness, and devotedness to the Church an ideal which, if never met with in real life, was acknowledged by all as the highest model for emulation.

Such checks were found, first, in the rivalry of the chiefs themselves, whose mutual jealousy made them restraints upon one another secondly, in the influence of the Church, which, by every motive, pure or selfish, was pledged to interpose for the protection of the weak and lastly, in the generosity and sense of right which, however crushed under the weight of passion and selfishness, dwell naturally in the heart of man. In such a state of things, the rights of the humbler classes of society were at the mercy of every assailant and it is plain that, without some check upon the lawless power of the chiefs, society must have relapsed into barbarism. Numerous chiefs, more or less powerful, held local sway, as far as each could enforce his dominion, and occasionally those chiefs would unite for a common object but, in ordinary times, they were much more likely to be found in hostility to one another. ON the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after Christ, the countries of Northern Europe were left almost destitute of a national government.

#The age of chivalry pdf

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Download for ereaders (below donate buttons) This book has 351 pages in the PDF version, and was originally published in 1858. Chapters include: The Mythical History of England Arthur Caradoc Briefbras Or Caradoc With The Shrunken Arm Sir Gawain Launcelot Of The Lake The Story Of Tristram Of Lyonesse The Story Of Perceval The Quest Of The Sangreal Sir AgrivainвЂ™s Treason Morte DвЂ™arthur The Britons The Lady Of The Fountain Geraint, The Son Of Erbin Pwyll, Prince Of Dyved Branwen, The Daughter Of Llyr Manawyddan Kilwich And Olwen Peredur, The Son Of Evrawc Taliesin King Richard And The Third Crusade Robin Hood Of Sherwood Forest Robin Hood And His Adventures Chevy Chase The Battle Of Otterbourne and, Edward The Black Prince. The Age of Chivalry, or Legends of King Arthur is the second book in Bulfinch's Mythology, the first being The Age of Fable, or Stories of Gods and Heroes, and the third and last one being, Legends of Charlemagne, or Romance of the Middle Ages. See the front cover of this book (image will open in new tab) Description в†© Ebooks BulfinchвЂ™s Mythology, The Age of Chivalry Thomas BulfinchДЇree download available in PDF, epub, and Kindle ebook formats. This offer will be for a limited time only. Notice: For only ВЈ40 (down from ВЈ60), you can get the entire collection of over 3,000 ebooks, including around 900 that are no longer on the site.