Modern society is in dispute over the value of chivalry. Chivalry originally referred to the medieval knight’s code of honor but today references a range of – usually male – behaviors, from courtesy ...
This past spring marked the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. On April 14, 1912, as the ship was on its maiden journey from Southampton, UK, to New York City, it hit an iceberg in the ...
Chivalry, whose demise was recently noted in The Telegraph, has been a long time a-dying. In 1793 Edmund Burke lamented that ...
Chivalry is defined by the Merriam-Webster dictionary as, "the system of values (such as loyalty and honor) that knights in the middle ages were expected to follow," or "an honorable and polite way of ...
We equate chivalry to some far gone era. One filled with knights and “damsels in distress,” one romantic in the perceptions of its aesthetics but devoid of equality or feminine initiative and strength ...
Little acts do wonders: from waiting for a woman to sit before a man does, to help her with a coat to let her go through a ...
Richard Abels is the chairman of the history department at the United States Naval Academy. He is a historian of medieval warfare, and the author of "Alfred the Great: War, Kingship and Culture in ...
Looking for the Chivalry 2 release date or want to know if the multiplayer brawler is coming to Steam? After the exciting announcement of Chivalry 2 - officially Chivalry: Medieval Warfare 2 - at the ...
Should you open the car door, or not? Pull out her chair, or let her do it? Should you hand her coat? Even help her on with it? Guys, does it seem like for every woman who complains that you're not ...