Talk:Chivalry

I`ll do a major re-write of this article next week, since there are two major problems with the current version. In short:

First, Chivalry was, as it is said correctly, a CONCEPT, and nothing more. It wasn`t just ideolized in art and literature, it existed mainly there and hardly in the real world.

Second, even if a noble (most of whom weren`t knights, or even knight-born (ritterbürtig in german, meaning having the right by birth to become a knight one day), the "rules" of chivalry only applied to there own class. So while two nobles might fight with honor and respect on the battlefield, a commonor on the same battlefield couldn`t hope for any mercy. Same went for woman and children in a village during a raid, which was the main form of warfare in most of the middle ages. Gmb (talk) 12:29, 10 January 2010 (UTC)


 * I'm not sure why a major rewrite is required. The points above can be added, but they don't really contradict what they article already states.   13:25, 10 January 2010 (UTC)
 * I agree with Weas; the article is actually surprisingly decent, and while of course your improvements are welcome, I hope you're not going to get rid of everything already there.--Tom Moore fiat justitia 20:28, 10 January 2010 (UTC)