![]() ![]() Yet our understanding and definition of chivalry would be truly remiss without addressing the proper place and dignity of woman at its very heart. ![]() (Also, a common thread has been chivalry’s special influence upon young children.) In part one we learned that chivalry is a “spirit or state of mind which disposes men to heroic and generous actions and keeps them conversant with all that is beautiful and sublime in the intellectual and moral world.” In part two we saw that chivalry is “essentially opposed to all dispositions of mind… which are connected in any degree with the passion for ridicule.” And in part three we discussed how intent chivalry has always been to guard religion above all. We have discussed various aspects of chivalry, working on a general definition via our reading of Kenelm Digby’s Broadstone of Honour. ![]()
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