Chivalry

Léon Gautier

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Our first intention was to give this volume the more expanded title Of Chivalry, according to the Epic Poems, but we have been compelled to consult so many other authorities that we feel obliged to adopt a more general and shorter title.

Sujets

• Sociologie, société et politique

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• Publié par: Forgotten Books
• Date de parution: 27 novembre 2019
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780243739301
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 27 Mo

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fiintention was to give r st expandedthis volume the more title C hivalry according to th eEpic Poems but we have been compelled to consult so many other authorities that we feel obliged to dopt a more general and shorter title EpicPoems do not the less remain as th e and the be p rincipal all sources st of for ininf rmation them in our own opinion wefind the truest pictures Chivalry itself and the mo st exact representations of the days of Chivalry authors of the se popular poem s whose sincerity i s unquestion able only depicted what they actually witnessed other writers have mi utely described the co stumes armour habitati ns f rnitur e th e private live s and th e manner s the Feudal n bility Good j udges are not eas ly deceived here is p erhaps not a page the admirable Glo ssary or th e Memoirs Saint which does not bear witness to the truthfulness our song s Nor does Jules hold them in less esteem h e de clares in round terms that their heroes are creati ns m delled on Feudal quotes them frequently

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as hey c mplete th e Annals and th e Chroniclesfillin g in lap ses and adding force to the case s recor ded It i s beside s very easy to assure on e s self that th e poets sp oke th e same language a s our historian s his can b e substantiated by reading alternately such a Chronicle as that L ambert and a p em like It will app ear to many good souls that our ent rprise i s rather a rash one if we reflbyect how many volumes have been inspired Chivalry But we have chosen to produce our book on a new plan and this view may c ommend it to c ompetent j udge s We have dev te d a large porti on volume to the private life th e p eriod and have enshrined it in a chronol gical frame whi ch very elastic We have seldom gone farther back than the tim e Philip Augustus and rarely go lower than hi s death Within thes e limit s as has been tr ly said lie s the g lden epoch iddle Age s and to it we have confifselves chie ned our fa lt w rks which have preceded thi s i s in our opinion the lon p eri d in cluded in them and they do not sufficiently draw the di s tinction etween th e Chivalry the twelfth and of th e thirte enth centuries hop e we have avoided thi s confusion result many year s application thi s volume has been from all point s vie th e bj ect conscientio s preparation writer h as above all things striven be p erfectly impar i al and woul d b e th e very last p erson to deliberately lay on colou r too thi ckly to embellish his models confe ssed aim i s to bring out the glories France to compel a fection by making h er known and as G uizot says to bring h er back to th e memory and into th e intelligence her generation s B ut we conceived another idea which may appear more daring still thi s was to enlarge the mind to check the mercantileSpirit which abases and the egotism which i s killing it to convey it some of th e enthu siasm the B eautif l which i s menaced an d for the ruth hich seem s to to be dying here i s more than kind Chivalry and lanc e thru sts ar e not everything In default th e sw rd we have the pen failing the p en speech an d in default speech h n ur in live s Author Chivalry will esteem himself happy if h e has create d some knights G O N U I

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