Anon has an epiphany
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It’s an idea that started in the medieval ages around the warrior class. To be warriors in the field but respectable, gentlemanly, and kind to women in civilization.
“Chivalry, or the chivalric code, is an informal and varying code of conduct developed between 1170 and 1220. It was associated with the medieval Christian institution of knighthood; knights' and gentlemen's behaviours were governed by chivalrous social codes. The ideals of chivalry were popularized in medieval literature, particularly the literary cycles known as the Matter of France, relating to the legendary companions of Charlemagne and his men-at-arms, the paladins, and the Matter of Britain, informed by Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia Regum Britanniae, written in the 1130s, which popularized the legend of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table.”
“Over time, its meaning in Europe has been refined to emphasize more general social and moral virtues. The code of chivalry, as it stood by the Late Middle Ages, was a moral system which combined a warrior ethos, knightly piety, and courtly manners, all combining to establish a notion of honour and nobility.”
https://chivalrytoday.com/what-chivalry/
https://www.history.com/news/chivalry-knights-middle-ages
https://www.historyhit.com/the-knights-code-what-does-chivalry-really-mean/
https://www.spainthenandnow.com/spanish-literature/romances-of-chivalry
No this concept is more about self discipline and honor of character.
The knights were powerful. This code was about not using that power wrongly—raping or pillaging.
It’s purposeful and driven. To fight with meaning and good reason and to protect the weak.
The chivalric romance genre of poetry and story continued that concept into personal relationships and behavior seeking a partner. Purity toward pure woman and seeking to be worthy of her virtue. It’s something that elevates both parties and is inspired by Christianity.
But it’s not being “nice”.
To have true virtue is much harder.
Nice is people pleasing.
Kindness is about respect and valuing others and it comes from dignifying yourself.
Discipline has meaning because it’s the powerful that control and restrain themselves. If you are weak then you don’t even have a choice not to fight. But having the choice to defeat someone to slay them and deciding mercy or peace—that’s true strength and discipline.
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