Today's installment concludes Chivalry,our selection from La Chevalerie by Léon Gautier published in 1884.If you have journeyed through all of

The laxity of luxury had everywhere replaced the rigorous enactments of the old manliness, and even warriors themselves loved their ease too

The Romance of the Round Table, which in the opinion of prepossessed or thoughtless critics appears so profoundly chivalrous, may be considered one of

In legendary lore the embodiment of chivalry is Roland: in history it is Godfrey de Bouillon.Continuing Chivalry,our selection from La Chevalerie

But, before familiarizing themselves with these ideals, the rough spirits of the ninth, tenth, and eleventh centuries had to learn the principles of

In the Merovingian period we find a certain number of small proprietors, called vassi, commending themselves to other men more powerful and more rich,