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toliveashecastleaspossibleanditatsforthe nyeuropeancitiesheircareeraroundafeudal fortress. buttheknightoftheearlyddleagesuchre thanaprofessionalsoldier.hehecivilservantofthat day.henityandhehe chiefofpoliaughtthehighenandprotected theertsoftheeleventh tury.helookedafterthedikessothattheuntryside shouldnotbefloodedjustasthefirstnoblenhaddone inthevalleyofthenilefourthousandyearsbefore.he enuragedthetroubadoursplae tellioriesoftheaheroesinthe greatigrations.besides,heprotehurches aerieshinhisterritory,andalthoughheuld herreadnoranlytoknow suberofpriestshis atsandarriagesahsand thedeathsains. ieenthorebecastrong enoughtoexercisethosepobecause theyedofgod.thenthefeudalknightslost theirforrindependenedtotherankofuntry squires,theynolongerfilledaneedandsoontheybecaa nuisaeuropehoutthe``feudal systefthedarkages.thereanybadknights astherearenybadpeopletoday.butgenerallyspeaking, theroughfistedbaronsofthethandthirteeury inistratorsostuseful serviauseress.duringthaterathenoble torchofleaingandartiheworldof theegyptiansandthegreeksandtheronswasbuing verylohouttheknightsandtheirgoodfriends,the nks,civilisationinguishedentirely,and thehunraceore anhadleftoff. chivalry chivalry itenof theddleagesshouldtrytoestablishsosortanisation fortheirtualbeandprote.outofthisneed forclanisation,knighthoodorchivalrywasbo. leabouttheinsofknighthood.but asthesysteeveloped,itgavetheething neededverybadlyadefiniteruleofndued thebarbarousadeliferelivable thanithadbeenduringthefivehundredyearsofthedark ages.iten ostoftheirtifightinghaedans andhunsandnorsen.oftentheyyofbacksliding, andhavingvoerd charityintheing,theyurderalltheirprisoners beforeevening.butprogressisevertheresultofslowand ostunscrupulousofknights oobeytherulesofhis``classorsufferthensequences. theserulesinthevariouspartsofeurope, buttheyalldechof``servid``loyaltytoduty.the ddleagesregardedserviceassothingverynoblea ...
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