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Renaissance Chivalry?
Thorsteinn:
Terry Shaibert is just cool! :D
As to chivalry: Sometimes it lasted till it was suicidal to keep to it, or you were a peasant and not following it gave you a good reason to put a hurt on them snobs in steel. Visa vie Agincourt.
Joshua Santana:
--- Quote ---As to chivalry: Sometimes it lasted till it was suicidal to keep to it, or you were a peasant and not following it gave you a good reason to put a hurt on them snobs in steel. Visa vie Agincourt.
--- End quote ---
You're correct in that humorous regard ;) In the Renaissance, peasants get the chance of being in a professional army as a musketeer, pikeman or infantryman. Knights on the battlefield were heavy or light cavalry armed with swords and pistol or blunderbusses as an option. The whole war scene dramatically changes where the peasant can use artillery or pikes or keep the Cavalry at bay or push them back. But that didn't mean that Cavalry couldn't maneuver to areas where artillery or pike couldn't be stationed. ;)
Whole point is that even when war changed, the Code of Chivalry didn't change, in fact it went with the flow as seen in the biographies I will be posting here. ;)
Joshua Santana:
Here is Sir James Scudamore's inspiration/role model to follow the Code of Chivalry.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Philip_Sidney
His story is an amazing story indeed, he was called "the perfect knight" or courtier by Queen Elizabeth and he was involved with the Spanish War. He was even a jouster, skilled fighter and a poet. He authored Arcadia, Astrophell, Defense of Poesy, Lady May and several poems. He was (to me) the William Marshall of the Renaissance. You can find out more here: http://books.google.com/books?id=yHIKAQAAMAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=sir+philip+sidney&hl=en&sa=X&ei=JfqfT_uoM8PA0AGkyrX5AQ&sqi=2&ved=0CEUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=sir%20philip%20sidney&f=false
Joshua Santana:
Another Knightly individual in the Renaissance is a lesser known figure who was involved in the naval victories in the English war against Spain.
Enter Sir George Clifford
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clifford,_3rd_Earl_of_Cumberland
His story is quite amazing in that he was a Knight, Jouster, Naval commander and Buccaneer against the Spanish.
Here is another article which explains his Naval accomplishments in detail.
http://www.myarmoury.com/feature_mow_clifford.html
Best of all, his armor survives to this day and can be seen at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Joshua Santana:
Another figure in the Renaissance that is deemed both Chivalrous and controversial (by what most historians say).
Sir Walter Raleigh
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Raleigh
His story is quite amazing in that he rose from a humble position to being an explorer, commander, soldier, courtier, politician, and captain of the guard. he also participated in jousts and was a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I. His journeys were impressive as they helped the expansion of Europe to the New World. He discovered Orinoco and most of the Caribbean islands. He was on a search to find "El Dorado" the golden city of legend. Though he never found it, his journeys helped future explorers and settlers to find land to settle in the New World. He is associated with Roanoke Island and his famed search for the "Lost Colony" He is what I would call a Chivalrous Explorer. Beheaded several months after his return to England and King James I reigning after Elizabeth's passing for his involvement in political conspiracies against King James (Raleigh never liked King James on the throne) he faced his execution with serenity and grace a Knight would have done in the face of impending death on the battlefield. Here are his last words written to his wife and son which never fail to move its reader, I admit this is proof of his Chivalry.
http://books.google.com/books?vid=OCLC02477824&id=JlNlWfc2XV4C&pg=PA557&as_brr=1#v=onepage&q&f=false
(His instructions to his Son)
http://www.luminarium.org/renlit/raleghfarewell.htm
(His last words to his wife)
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