A) 3 Divisions of Labor

1) Those who Work

2) Those who Pray

3) Those who Fight

B) Knighthood & the Church.

1) The "Sacrament of Knighthood" - Dubbing & Church

2) The Peace of God (989-) - Prohibit Knight

a) Don't kill poor.

b) Don't steal from churches.

c) Don't kill clergy.

3) The Truce of God (1063) - Knight as Protector

a) Don't kill Christians (including other Xn Knights)

b) NO fighting on certain days & times.

b) But can kill Enemies of Christ

-Crusades

C) Truce & Peace of God impact. Knight has:

a) responsibility, as protector

b) rules of behavior - Chivalry

c) greater respectability - 'Christian Knight'

D) Chivalry - a civilized code of conduct for knights.

Influences on Chivalry

1) Church

2) Knights

3) Women

E) Courtly Love - 11th Century, Southern France

Troubadours

1) Elements of Courtly Love:

a) Nearly Unattainable Lady.

b) Adultery.

c) Courtesy.

d) Religion of Love.

e) Love as Virtuous.

2) Why arose?

3) Other motives than sex?

4) The Art of Courtly Love - Andreas Capellanus (fl. 1174)

5) The Romance

a) King Arthur, Lancelot, Guenivere

-Tension of old & new

b) The Holy Grail - Percival

- The church & the knight