The Medieval Code of Chivalry was a code of conduct associated with knighthood and the noble class in Western Europe. It was a martial tradition. It regulated the duty of a gentleman for life most importantly in the areas of religion, military duty and love. Individual knights selected their own particular virtues that they would live by such as piety, courage, honour, respect for ladies of the nobility, mercy, valour and fairness. Chivalry is not comparable to a law code it co-existed with Feudalism.
It was similar to the code of chivalry of the knights.
Chivalry, or the code of chivalry.
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The Bushido philosophy is the code of the Samurai, which means "way of the warrior". It is similar to European chivalry because both honor the value of self-sacrifice.
guide the behavior of a warrior class
Chivalry was used by knights as a code of conduct; it is similar to the laws instilled by governmental structures in today's society.
In some cases, Knights did follow the Code of Chivalry, and in a few of those cases, their doing was was recorded in chronicles and other books. It was worthy of being recorded because following the Code of Chivalry was not all that common among the knights.
King Arthur's knights had a code of chivalry
the Chivalry code.
The Code of Chivalry .
A knight represents chivalry by following the chivalry code, and simply taking on the responsibility of being a knight
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