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Sir Wolf:
for me king arthur and all of his pagentry is i think what is chivalry. lords n ladies, knights and knaves, quests and battles, whining and winning, hehehhe

Joshua Santana:

--- Quote ---the stories on Arthur and Charles the Great really resonated in me

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--- Quote ---Like Sir William, I grew up with the King Arthur style stories
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I agree on that, I also was raised on the Arthurian legends along with Redwall, Sir George and the Dragon and other stories involving Knights.


--- Quote ---I think people in general consider chivalry as the typical King Arthur tales, and as they were told during the Victorian era. If we told them it's chivalrous to defend the weak and be generous, they'd likely agree with us. If we told them it's chivalrous to relieve someone of their possessions if it prevents them from making poor choices, it would probably be difficult to convince them otherwise.
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--- Quote ---I am not saying they had it right...but I'm of the opinion that they had some parts right.

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Absolutely, I wholly agree with you both on this.  Chivalry in it's original meaning is completely opposite of the Victorian definition of Chivalry.  Chivalry was and still is the Medieval Warrior Code that does allow the individual to take the necessary and needed course of action to prevent anyone from making a bad life decision, even if it means depriving that person of his possessions. 

Of course, you will always have the idiots who will say "That is not Chivalry, that is Thievery!" and continue to ramble on the same old Victorian definition in conjunction with "Chivalry's dead."  But that is where we Brethren step in and say "NO, YOU ARE WRONG AND HERE IS WHY (showing historical evidence)"  Even if we get ridiculed for speaking the truth, we will still keep going.

Sir Patrick:
In my opinion, the Arthurian stories are THE basis for society's view of chivalry.  Even in  period, the Arthurian tales were held up as the chivalric ideal.  What makes them so definitive is the almost unending layers to the tales.  When I was younger, the allure was all about the pagentry and glamour of the brave knight.  As I grew, I was began to increasingly recognize the more subtle aspects of the characters, and appreciate the struggles they went through as they tried to adhere to the code.  The paragons are there as the ideal, the bad guys show us the danger of power unchecked by morality, and everyone in between struggling to square the Code with "real life" serve as touchstones for the masses. in short, there's something in there for everyone, and that is the secret of its appeal.

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