Quotes and thoughts on the study of historical paths of Chivalry
This blog is my home for studying the historical stories and records of the lives of elite fighting people across time and around the world. Broadly, I’ll focus on those elite warriors who espoused a code of ethics under which certain virtues were more important than life or victory. This code pertains to all aspects of life, not merely to fighting itself.
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Death and Chivalry
For history’s elite warriors, death was their business. It was no metaphor or dramatization for them. Death was their coin and bread. They braced themselves to mete it out and recieve it in kind. Philosophy and literature reflects this need.
Additional Sources
I previously detailed seven sources for my thoughts on historical attitudes and views of elite warriors. In the intervening time, although I have not been posting, I haven’t stopped reading and thinking about chivalry and virtue. The Book of Psalms – I didn’t want to ignore one of the fundamental books in the world tradition,…
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