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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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