What is Chivalry? And is it Dead? (Chivalry from the Middle Ages to Present)
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The word, chivalry, is thrown around a lot. Some people think that chivalry is dead. But what is chivalry? A lot of people confuse chivalry with just being a nice guy, but chivalry has its origins in the knightly warrior code of the Middle Ages. With references to Preston Brooks, Batman, and Sir Bors of Arthurian Legend, I explain the meaning of chivalry to those who want to understand.
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What is Chivalry?
Some people say that chivalry is dead, but most don’t even understand what chivalry is. When most people use the word today, they use it to describe someone who is nice. A chivalrous man holds doors for women, pays for dinner and a movie, and yields his seat for a lady. That is certainly part of chivalry, but the chivalrous man is not only someone who is a nice guy, in fact, there are some people to whom the chivalrous man is the opposite of nice! A chivalrous man can sometimes be downright brutal, as when Rep. Preston Brooks beat Sen. Charles Sumner mercilessly with a cane in the United States Senate chamber in 1856 after Sumner had insulted his state and a member of his extended family. How is it that a chivalrous man can be so nice, and yet so brutal? The answer lies in chivalry’s medieval origins.
The Warrior Code of the Middle Ages
As the Roman Empire was being torn apart by barbarians in the fifth century A.D., the barbarian culture began to merge with the culture of the Romans as these tribes began to adopt Christianity. As the unbridled barbarian ferocity began to be tempered with Christian teachings, the idea of knighthood began to develop. The term, chivalry, comes from the medieval French word, cheval, meaning “horse.” In the High Middle Ages, this Code of Chivalry was a guideline for knightly behavior both on and off of the battlefield.
The Values of Chivalry
Leon Gautier, a nineteenth century literary historian and scholar of chivalry, laid out ten “commandments” of chivalry to illustrate the values of a chivalrous knight:
1. Christian Orthodoxy - a unwavering belief in the teachings of the Christian religion
2. Defense of the Church - a willingness to defend the Church and Christian holy sites, which was best illustrated during the Crusades
3. Defense of the Weak - coming first to the defense of women, children, and the elderly
4. Love of Country - illustrated in loyalty to one’s feudal lord and king
5. Courage in the Face of an Enemy - ferocity in battle without regard to one’s own life or safety
6. Show No Mercy Toward Infidels - no mercy for those who deny Christ or break their word
7. Faithfulness to Duty - doing what one is expected to do for family, Church, and country
8. Honesty / Keeping One’s Word - a knight’s word should be the equivalent of signing in blood
9. Generosity - charity and almsgiving toward those who are incapable of supporting themselves
10. Defense of Just Causes - a knight is not a mercenary, but an instrument of justice in the world
Sir Bors’ Dilemma
The ideals of chivalry are well-illustrated in the story of Sir Bors, one of King Arthur’s legendary Knights of the Round Table. Sir Bors had to choose between saving his brother and saving a young lady who had been abducted. He chose to save the young lady (though he also said a prayer for his brother’s safety).
Chivalry Today
Today, chivalry lives on not only in gentlemen who hold doors for women and pay for dinner, but also in popular entertainment. Batman is often referred to as the “Dark Knight.” While Batman does not have a reputation for being a nice guy, he commits himself to protecting the weak and when Batman does harm, it is to those who have done harm to those who are weak and defenseless.
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chivalry is dead i challenged my neighbor to a joust and he had no idea what i was talking about
You should've called him a "base shittern fellow" if you really wanted a dual.
On Guard!
Chivalry originally meant just being good at doing knight stuff. (Like handling a horse) The romanticism came later.
"Chivalry originally meant just being good at doing knight stuff. (Like handling a horse) The" bull$# "came later."
*Fixed.*
Pretty much.
Chivalry ou chevalerie en français vient du mot français"cheval',Horse in english.
Ce qui démontre que les règles de la chevalerie médiévale ont été élaborées en France.
L'amour courtois et le sens de l'honneur en faisait partie.
Le terme anglais knight ne veut plus dire grand chose pour les origines de la chevalerie!
@@jean-luchochart6960
I’m responding in English even though I speak French because it’s easier for me. Factually, you’re correct. But you’ve substantiated your point with a big fat fallacy. Just because we borrowed a word from somewhere to represent an idea does not by any means establish that the origin of the idea itself was where we got the word from, nor does this provide basis for defining the word. By this logic, you could say that Shrek 2 is an anime because the origin of the word is English and refers to an animation in general. Clearly we have to define things teleologically, and NEVER etymologically. Chivalry and chevalerie are not the same word. Their definitions will vary accordingly.
What if I told you “babyfoot” means “the foot of an infant” just because the origin of the word is English? Obviously no one who speaks a word of French would agree with that.
1:10 It’s not just being “A Nice Guy” 4:15
1:55 It comes from Chival, the Medieval 🏰 French Word for “Horse” 🐴
2:15 The Brooks-Sumner Affair (1856)
3:30 Defending Honor
4:37 Leon Gautier, 19th century historian, on the Values of Chivalry
1. Christian Orthodoxy,
2. Faithful Defender Of The Church ⛪
3. Defense of the Weak
4. Love of Country
5. Courage in the face of an enemy
6. Showing no mercy toward infidels
7. Faithfulness to Duty
8. Honesty/Keeping One’s Word
9. Generosity
10. Defense of Just Causes
8:40 The Dark Knight
9:28 Sir Bors Dilemma
10:07 Hoes before Bros
Thx for the button
THX for the TL;DR
Enjoy your gonorrhea
We need a Part II on this. Loved how you explained everything so categorically, i just enjoyed it all!
So long as Shadiversity is still uploading, chivalry will never be dead
Alex Green finally someone recognizes Shad in a comments section
I’m watching this in 2020 so I can understand my online schoolwork.. Thank u man this is helpful !!
It’s always a pleasure to help!
Watched this to help me write a paper about Chivarly. Super super useful, fun, and easy to watch! It sort of reminds me of that new show "You" on Netflix.
Thanks!
so you are calling Joe to be an Chivalrous person, in what sense??? btw the show is just fab, its one of the finest, also very much underrated
Thanks, this was really great help for me in understanding chivalry culture :)
What a great video. Fantastic explanation and examples.
By that definition of chivalry is not dead it just seems interesting how it's adapted today.
Chivalry summarized:
1) Whip your enemy with a cane
2) Hoes before Bros
3) Keep your word
Sounds good to me 😎👌
Did you say 'hoes'? 😂
But when the hoes started gold diggin tho, you know that they've evolved into a pickaxe.
The Agatha Knights are the loyalists of Chivalry. They are highly religious, care greatly about bloodlines and birthrights, and as sworn defenders of the crown they will fight with honour even to their dying breaths.
Chivalry is similar to Budo.
It is the moral code that is required for the men capable & trained for extreme violence to conduct themselves within a civilized society.
It is essential within a civilization that these men show temperance.
Only the strong can show mercy. The weak are powerless to do so.
Hence, become strong (not for the love of power) only so that you can protect the righteous weak & show those that only seek self service what true strength is.
Chivalry is actually in history - the rules of contention of a medieval knight. Nothing more than like a 6 faceted diamond. 1) Defense of a person, loved one or kingdom or land, 2) Holy attending to one's religious obligations if any, 3) keeping arms for the defense of others (making armor or maintaining it), 4) Keeping contracts and business associations to the letter., 5) Guarding family and honor to the maximum to one's ability., 6) Giving justice with righteousness and honor through conversation and defending the laws of the land.
Every order of Knights & Dames has specific rules and regulations. Many of them are still maintained today as they were in medieval times.
This is why societal decay in the west today is rampant because the Chivaric code was only practiced by knights and nobles and not by the population at large !
That was very interesting and funny!!
Glad you liked it!
I had a situation years ago where I was on the verge of challenging a guy to a duel. He was an auditor and accused me of stealing money from the company. I said to him "Lay the proof on this desk and I'll resign this minute." He responded "I brought the proof headquarters." This dialog went on over and over; for probably over the course of 20 minutes. It was to the point that he was challenging my honor & integrity. I finally told him "Either prove it or shut your mouth." Had he opened his mouth one more time without proving it, I think I would have challenged him outright.
This is B.S. chivalry is a code of conduct in battle. The "chivalry" you refer to should be called "simping"
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.. chivalry is ded
Chivalry cannot be dead with Tom Richey around!
Will you make a video concerning Saint-Simonism please?
I came to this video because I got tired of people misusing the word.
Do you talk about the treaty of Verden? I am enjoying your historical breakdowns.
Sorry, Verdun correction
Thank you for breaking it down to me
Thank you. Nice video.
there is a difference between gone and rare.
Well said.
You killed it.
why he have the 1998 shows filter on it made me physically sick
What is Chivalry? BS that nobles created to romanticise knights/nobles.
Same goes for the Bushido code that was created during the Meiji Era to romanticise 250 years of peaceful isolation to diss modernisation.
But ehhh... MR. Richey the best!
Thank you!
Confucian Virtues and Rituals is basically the European Chivalric Code, but came to being and practiced 1700 years earlier and is still present in China's legal system !
why are people drawn to chivalry?
How dare that senator from Massachusetts tell the southerners that they have to get rid of their slaves… The nerve. Imagine how that guy from South Carolina treated his slaves.
They forgot your mind Geneva till then
Chivalry in Arabic language, context, and culture is according to the values that has defined what is chivalry: #3 #5 #7 #8 #9 #10.. #3 being defense of the weak and #5 etc......
It does exist in modern time in the Arabic society.. The word for Arabic to it is: شهامة or مروءة..
And they say that chivalry is dead
Hey man....according to google translate, cheval is STILL the french word for horse. :P
I want to bring it back. Too much idiocy in the world today, we need to bring back this code into society.
MIGHT MAKES RIGHT!
Chivalry Isn't Dead... you didn't learn from my video
The court of Charlemagne lays claim to inventing chivalry. The phenomenon's greatest and most ardent practitioners: the Norman.
Chivalry is not dead when I was working I experienced being offered a seat in a train by younger men.
Women want CHIVALRY and EQUALITY ??
HYPOCRISY at its peak .
So basically it's the Bushido code of the west?
Le terme chevalerie est d'origine française.
Le cheval monté par un homme qui doit prouver sa bravoure pour acquérir au fil du temps le titre de chevalier et pour qu'ils soit"adoubé"un autre grand chevalier rompu aux combats doit lui porter un coup du plat de son épée sur l'épaule!
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Certain historic aspects of Chivalry still have some value in modern times...more, if they cease to apply exclusively to men. Other aspects of the concept are not only outdated, but outright dangerous to the fundamental concept of civilization. Religion, for example, should absolutely and thoroughly be removed from the practice. Also, riding a horse is pretty useless now. Fun, potentially relaxing, but no practical functionality.
There are similar codes of conduct in other cultures that also have worthwhile traits that Chivalry lacks, but which themselves have detrimental aspects. A combination of their worthwhile traits at the same time removing their troublesome characteristics, would be ideal. And, again, expanding the concept to include everyone rather than masculine exclusivity through an unnecessary dichotomy.
Ya Chivalry taught only to ‘Upper Class’ gents.
Not dead to the rare kind of people same as Bushido
But to modern society dead totally.
you look and sound like theo von
I tried to listen to this, but when you started talking about civil war era ethics (out of hand), I was done. Certainly good morality, ethics, and manners are appropriate in any time and place.
But... chivalry is a very specific thing. I would surely hope that people throughout the ages would practice reasonable ethics for us all. And perhaps that's difficult, but let's try people.
So, I'll have to go back and read all of the, perhaps, opposing views, but I will love that because opposing views are precisely what we need to understand the way forward.
Never seen any of these videos, so, sorry, I think you forgot to introduce yourself.
This is as much propaganda as it is an attempt at teaching a historical subject. One particular point about Ignatius of Loyola that warrants important context, Loyola would go on to repent his former life of violence. Chivalry is too often equated with what we now think of as machismo. This is a distortion. For those interested in this subject, which is worthy of research and exploration, I very much recommend looking at primary sources rather than take anyone’s views at face value. Examples include the writings of Geoffroi de Charny and Chretien de Troyes. I also recommend the reflections of noted medievalist C. S. Lewis in his 1940 essay “On the Necessity of Chivalry” for a study on modern applications of chivalry and dangers of misunderstanding the tradition.
So is it chivalry to be deceptive against the infidel ?
No, I wouldn’t think so.
@@tomrichey okay. So what does it mean to show no mercy to the infidel ?
@@tomrichey I mean I am an agnostic but from a Muslim background.
@@tomrichey I think you should go to Joe Rogan's podcast. I think you're really interesting.
@@freedomwatch3991 had a comment on what is it like being chivalrous in Arabic language on this video if you are interested
sociopathic serial killer can be chivalrous lolololololololol
lack of eye communication made it hard to focus on what this person was converying - it came off as an incencere and script reading
Thank you for that explanation. Toss in moral beliefs and...
Chivalry is exclusively a medieval term and has absolutely NOTHING to do with defending the weak, or justice, or treating a lady right. Its the code of the mounted warrior, and what it takes to be good at being one. Stop mixing all this modern BS into the interpretation. Just because later cultures misinterpreted the term does not mean you get to change the original meaning of the word. Like many here have pointed out, the term stems from the french word "cheval", and that should be the only thing discussed when making an attempt at explaining its meaning.
Courtly love was added to chivalry over 900 years ago. The medieval term has been corrupted for a long time.
So chivalry is basically conservative masculine values
No
YES
Maybe
It is dead, unfortunately.
Im a hopeless romantic.
It isn't dead. My husband is sleeping on the couch right now for misbehaving.
Your husband is a bitch, and you're a mensogynist (man-hater).
@@bryonlightcap2617 The word is misandrist.
I confused chivalry to cavalry a number of times
It's dead to me just like marriage.
Chivalry has been bastardized and now lost its meaning
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Whatever it was, it’s dead.
lel. Not even sure what it was but you think its completely gone.
just love it "Hoes before Bros"