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  • Scott Farrell comments: Although the courtesy and gallantry that Ms. Lichter discusses in this article are only small parts of the true Code of Chivalry, those small parts are important...

    What Ever Happened to Chivalry?

    Scott Farrell comments: Although the courtesy and gallantry that Ms. Lichter discusses in this article are only small parts of the true Code of Chivalry, those small parts are important...

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  • He opens the door for you. He pulls out your chair and pays for everything. You may think one of two things: A) If I can’t open the door, am I even fit to be on a date? or B) How sweet — there’s a nice guy.

    Chivalry Today: It Needs A Woman’s Touch

    He opens the door for you. He pulls out your chair and pays for everything. You may think one of two things: A) If I can’t open the door, am I even fit to be on a date? or B) How sweet — there’s a nice guy.

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  • Recently I’ve noticed, after nearly a quarter of a century of climbing and escapading from Asia to Albania, Argentina to Australia, the tales I most often tell are not about summits attained, untracked wildernesses traversed. The memories I most cherish are always about people.

    Tacos and Nobility

    Recently I’ve noticed, after nearly a quarter of a century of climbing and escapading from Asia to Albania, Argentina to Australia, the tales I most often tell are not about summits attained, untracked wildernesses traversed. The memories I most cherish are always about people.

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  • Ambition, competition and desire are not the bane of the Code of Chivalry. The quality of chivalry is defined by how we seek power, and by what we do with it once it’s in our grasp.

    Chivalry and Power

    Ambition, competition and desire are not the bane of the Code of Chivalry. The quality of chivalry is defined by how we seek power, and by what we do with it once it’s in our grasp.

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  • I was driving on the freeway during my lunch hour the other day when I witnessed something that brought to mind the actions of a knight. The road I was...

    Knightly Trash Service

    I was driving on the freeway during my lunch hour the other day when I witnessed something that brought to mind the actions of a knight. The road I was...

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  • Hidden not very deeply in Chrétien’s presentation of the conflicts within the chivalric assumptions about masculine and feminine identity ... is the distinction between a nobility of birth, verified by the externals of knightly and noble show, and a nobility of virtue, validated by individual nature.

    True Nobility: Knightly Show & Inner Spirit – Part 1

    Hidden not very deeply in Chrétien’s presentation of the conflicts within the chivalric assumptions about masculine and feminine identity ... is the distinction between a nobility of birth, verified by the externals of knightly and noble show, and a nobility of virtue, validated by individual nature.

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  • The Code of Chivalry helped soften the brutal warriors’ ethos into the more sympathetic and cooperative spirit that we still admire today as part of an inner nobility and strength of character

    True Nobility: Knightly Show & Inner Spirit – Part 2

    The Code of Chivalry helped soften the brutal warriors’ ethos into the more sympathetic and cooperative spirit that we still admire today as part of an inner nobility and strength of character

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  • If a clue to the dreams of a culture can be found in the quality of its escapes, we now seem to be living in a debased if modern chivalric world, still fascinated by the solitary knight sallying forth to cure the evils of the world

    True Nobility: Knightly Show & Inner Spirit – Part 3

    If a clue to the dreams of a culture can be found in the quality of its escapes, we now seem to be living in a debased if modern chivalric world, still fascinated by the solitary knight sallying forth to cure the evils of the world

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  • What could we learn about virtue, honor and leadership if we looked to the founder of the Round Table as an example of practical and chivalrous action in the modern world?

    WWKAD (What Would King Arthur Do?)

    What could we learn about virtue, honor and leadership if we looked to the founder of the Round Table as an example of practical and chivalrous action in the modern world?

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  • When I talk about exploring the Code of Chivalry as a <a href=warrior’s code of honor in the modern world, I’m usually using the term warrior symbolically to conjure up a sense of self-respect and strength in a competitive environment. But in East Los Angeles, there’s a man who is confronting a different type of “warrior culture,” one based on real violence and brutality. For him the word warrior is no colorful metaphor." title="Taking Chivalry to the Street" />

    Taking Chivalry to the Street

    When I talk about exploring the Code of Chivalry as a warrior’s code of honor in the modern world, I’m usually using the term warrior symbolically to conjure up a sense of self-respect and strength in a competitive environment. But in East Los Angeles, there’s a man who is confronting a different type of “warrior culture,” one based on real violence and brutality. For him the word warrior is no colorful metaphor.

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