Why are all these knights so concerned with chivalry? How do they define
chivalry? Do you think it still has a place in our culture today or is
chivalry, as they say, dead?
The knights were concerned with chivalry because they wanted respect the people of the time when they needed it as well as help them when they are weak. They all wanted to be the best knight. Chivalry is defined as courtesy and honor as a knight. To me, it all files down to one word: RESPECT. I don't think it is dead but I don't think it is very important in today's society either. Men today don't always show respect as the knights back then did. But then again, some men do! I think it is still alive in our times today but not the extreme of knighthood.
It was their duty to protect the weak and the defenceless and they took great pride in that. They took a vow to be loyal, generous, and noble bearing.I think that it still has a place in our culture today but I don't think it is as prevalent as it was back then. I believe it all has to do with how you were raised and how you were taught to treat women.
The Knights were very concerned with their chivalry as it defined them as men. It is like a man's reputation today, but I believe that chivalry is more involved with how a man treats his peers and others around him. I have always thought of chivalry as a level of respect that a person has and how he treats the less fortunate people around him. I think that it means that you treat others with respect. I think there is a place in society for chivalry today and I think if people were respectful to each other, life could be nicer.
Knights were concerned with chivalry because an individual's character had great bearing on their place in society. Chivalry is the masculine response to virtue. In modern times virtue has been bled from our society. Without virtue to feed it, chivalry is indeed dead.
I think that the knights were really displaying loyalty and respect. They respected King Arthur and they did what he told them even whent hey personally didn't want to. They also convayed Arthur's personal choices as their own, like defending the weak and doing good deeds. The in turn wanted respect from other people, that's why they were so expectant of Arhtur, their leader, to do what was seen as "proper" when they cought his wife fooling around. I don't think that chivalry is dead, it has just changed. As our society changes, so does what we expect a "chivalris" person to do. Those people who do not only what is expected to be done but even more are the ones we mark as chivalris, the others are used as a measuring stick.
Medieval feudalism dictated chivalry and respect. The knights found chivalry important because it established their rank in society. I think that in some ways chivalry still exists today. Many soldiers are expected to show many of the same manners and loyalties that the knights of the middle ages demonstrated. Other areas of respect for others has fallen into the hands of the few who abide by such chivalry for goodness sake.
The knights were concerned with chivalry because they wanted respect the people of the time when they needed it as well as help them when they are weak. They all wanted to be the best knight. Chivalry is defined as courtesy and honor as a knight. To me, it all files down to one word: RESPECT. I don't think it is dead but I don't think it is very important in today's society either. Men today don't always show respect as the knights back then did. But then again, some men do! I think it is still alive in our times today but not the extreme of knighthood.
ReplyDeleteIt was their duty to protect the weak and the defenceless and they took great pride in that. They took a vow to be loyal, generous, and noble bearing.I think that it still has a place in our culture today but I don't think it is as prevalent as it was back then. I believe it all has to do with how you were raised and how you were taught to treat women.
ReplyDeleteThe Knights were very concerned with their chivalry as it defined them as men. It is like a man's reputation today, but I believe that chivalry is more involved with how a man treats his peers and others around him. I have always thought of chivalry as a level of respect that a person has and how he treats the less fortunate people around him. I think that it means that you treat others with respect. I think there is a place in society for chivalry today and I think if people were respectful to each other, life could be nicer.
ReplyDeleteKnights were concerned with chivalry because an individual's character had great bearing on their place in society. Chivalry is the masculine response to virtue. In modern times virtue has been bled from our society. Without virtue to feed it, chivalry is indeed dead.
ReplyDeleteI think that the knights were really displaying loyalty and respect. They respected King Arthur and they did what he told them even whent hey personally didn't want to. They also convayed Arthur's personal choices as their own, like defending the weak and doing good deeds. The in turn wanted respect from other people, that's why they were so expectant of Arhtur, their leader, to do what was seen as "proper" when they cought his wife fooling around. I don't think that chivalry is dead, it has just changed. As our society changes, so does what we expect a "chivalris" person to do. Those people who do not only what is expected to be done but even more are the ones we mark as chivalris, the others are used as a measuring stick.
ReplyDeleteMedieval feudalism dictated chivalry and respect. The knights found chivalry important because it established their rank in society. I think that in some ways chivalry still exists today. Many soldiers are expected to show many of the same manners and loyalties that the knights of the middle ages demonstrated. Other areas of respect for others has fallen into the hands of the few who abide by such chivalry for goodness sake.
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