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You survive wars by being chivalrous. That’s where chivalry comes from—it does not mean protecting women and children or holding open doors or whatever nonsense
by garmaine 8y ago
You survive wars by being chivalrous. That’s where chivalry comes from—it does not mean protecting women and children or holding open doors or whatever nonsense. It was a medieval code of warfare where nobility were not killed but held for ransom no matter the circumstance. Landed families could participate in sanctioned warfare with relatively little personal risk. Their peasant soldiers would die, and they may lose their lands, but they themselves were likely fine.
Chivalry died with the invention of the longbow because death now rained down indiscriminately from above.
- benj111 8y agoWikipedia dates the longbow to paleolithic times, so I'm not sure chivalry died with it. And judging by the effectiveness of the longbow you seem to be making my case for me That chivalry doesn't win wars. That said I do agree chivalry was useful for making the battlefield survivable. It still existed in some form until the world wars with 'gentlemanly conduct', I'm not sure it was ever internally consistent.