"A single knight could impart, according to his judgment, the character which he received; and the warlike sovereigns …"

"As the champion of God and the ladies (I blush to unite such discordant names), he devoted himself to speak the truth…"

"What are the typical virtues of Chivalry in its purified and ideal form? We have seen that Chivalry was a compound of…"

"Above all, it inculcated an ideal of social service; service without remuneration; service, however humble its nature…"

"The medievalists of our day are hardly favorable to chivalry. Combing the records, in which chivalry is, indeed, litt…"

"Through most of the heyday of chivalry the crusade had been regarded as the formal epitome of chivalrous activity."

"Chivalry essentially was the secular code of honour of a martially oriented aristocracy."

"Medieval chivalry was more an outlook than a doctrine, more a lifestyle than an explicit ethical code. It embraced bo…"

"Chivalry!—why, maiden, it is the nurse of pure and high affection—the stay of the oppressed, the redresser of grievan…"

"We must not confound chivalry with the feudal system. The feudal system may be called the real life of the period of …"