A Chivalric Code

[Resurrexi]

Thou shalt believe all that the Church teaches, and shalt observe all its directions.
Thou shalt defend the Church.
Thou shalt respect the weak, and shalt constitute thyself the defender of them.
Thou shalt love the country in the which thou wast born.
Thou shalt not recoil before thine enemy.
Thou shalt perform scrupulously thy feudal duties, if they be not contrary to the laws of God.
Thou shalt never lie, and shall remain faithful to thy pledged word.
Thou shalt be generous, and give largess to everyone.
Thou shalt be everywhere and always the champion of the Right and the Good against Injustice and Evil.

[Veridicus]

This is an honorable list. Although you forgot a necessary component of any knight...

[spoiler]Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out.
[img]http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/underwire/images/2009/03/23/holygrail189.jpg[/img]
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Edited February 21, 2010 by Veridicus

[Apotheoun]

[quote name='Veridicus' date='20 February 2010 - 06:47 PM' timestamp='1266716856' post='2060174']
[spoiler]Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out.
[img]http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/underwire/images/2009/03/23/holygrail189.jpg[/img]
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[laetitia crucis]

[quote]Thou shalt love the country in which thou wast born in.[/quote]



I suppose I need to start growing in love of Germany.

[tinytherese]

I thought that the nights of old specifically promised to honor women and to defend children.

[Veridicus]

[quote name='laetitia crucis' date='20 February 2010 - 07:56 PM' timestamp='1266717387' post='2060179']
I suppose I need to start growing in love of Germany.
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Get in touch with your roots:
[img]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2402/2229402871_75258cf2f2.jpg[/img]

Edited February 21, 2010 by Veridicus

[Resurrexi]

[quote name='tinytherese' date='20 February 2010 - 08:59 PM' timestamp='1266717599' post='2060183']
I thought that the nights of old specifically promised to honor women and to defend children.
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Definitely. I just picked one set of knightly precepts. There were obviously many virtues not here mentioned that knights had to practice.

[Apotheoun]

[img]http://steynian.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/icon-of-st-george-1.jpg[/img]

[Nihil Obstat]

The Bushido code is also quite good, especially for a pre-Christian(ized) society.

Edit: Except for the suicide bit.

Edited February 21, 2010 by Nihil Obstat

[Veridicus]

[quote name='Apotheoun' date='20 February 2010 - 08:12 PM' timestamp='1266718332' post='2060189']
[img]http://steynian.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/icon-of-st-george-1.jpg[/img]
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St. George was the man.

[Resurrexi]

[quote name='Veridicus' date='20 February 2010 - 09:15 PM' timestamp='1266718537' post='2060194']
St. George was the man.
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So was St. Louis, the model of Christian chivalry.

[img]http://www.fisheaters.com/stlouiswindow.jpg[/img]

Edited February 21, 2010 by Resurrexi

[Veridicus]

Which Louis was he again?

[Resurrexi]

[quote name='Veridicus' date='20 February 2010 - 09:24 PM' timestamp='1266719048' post='2060202']
Which Louis was he again?
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The ninth.

[laetitia crucis]

[quote name='Veridicus' date='20 February 2010 - 10:01 PM' timestamp='1266717674' post='2060185']
Get in touch with your roots:
[img]http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2402/2229402871_75258cf2f2.jpg[/img]
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+ =

[Marie-Therese]

[quote name='Veridicus' date='20 February 2010 - 08:47 PM' timestamp='1266716856' post='2060174']
This is an honorable list. Although you forgot a necessary component of any knight...

[spoiler]Four shalt thou not count, neither count thou two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out.
[img]http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/underwire/images/2009/03/23/holygrail189.jpg[/img]
[/spoiler]
[/quote]


I seriously just made a Holy Hand Grenade reference today. One of the greatest movies of all time!