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Bors and Lionel
Bors' Dilemma - he chooses to save a maiden rather than his brother Lionel.

Chivalry is a word from Old French in medieval times when it meant the use of a horse, thus cavalry and knighthood. Later, it meant the qualities of honour and love. Today, the terms chivalry and chivalrous are used to describe courteous behavior, especially that of men towards women.

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  • Meister der Manessischen Liederhandschrift 001

    Konrad von Limpurg as a knight being armed by his lady in the Codex Manesse (early 14th century)

  • Leighton-God Speed!

    God Speed by English artist Edmund Leighton, 1900: depicting an armoured knight departing for war and leaving his beloved

  • Roman Museum 007

    Reconstruction of a Roman cavalryman (eques)

  • Ghent Altarpiece E - Knights of Christ

    Knights of Christ by Jan van Eyck

  • Stitching the Standard (Leighton)

    Depiction of chivalric ideals in Romanticism (Stitching the Standard by Edmund Blair Leighton: the lady prepares for a knight to go to war)

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