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Chivalry.
CHIVALEY ,
AKD THE INSTITUTIONS , Oil ORDERS , OF THt KNIGHTS OF ST , JOHN OlF MAMA . ; THE KNIGHTS OF THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON ^ AND THE TEUTONIC KNIGHTS OF GEBMANr . BY A P . E . G . OF THE OliDEB OF MASONIC KNI & HTS TEMPXAB , AND OF ST . JOHN
OF MALTA
" Every species of study contributes to the perfection of human knowledge , by that universal bond which connects them all in a philosophic mind . "—Disraeli . i ^ THotr ^ world may have now outgrown tlie necessifcy of such institutions as those upon which we are about to treat , yet as they did good service in their time , and are the foundation of some
important branches of our institution , and as those ofishoots are at the present day receiving , from the more elevated classes in society , greater attention than the parent stem ^ required for devoting a portion of our space , for a few numbers , to a succinct notice of their rise , progress , and extinction .
As the Knightly Orders of which it is our especial intention to treat , were , as separate and distinct institutions , developed during the Crusades , but were not , as some have supposed , originated during those extraordinary periods of popular excitement , it is necessary , for a perfect acquaintance with Knighthood in its varied forms , to commence our papers with a preliminary notiee of the aristocratic institution of CHIVALKY .
" — -When Young Knights , and squires a lighter train , Practised their chargers on the plain , By aid of leg , of hand , and rein Each warlike feat to show ; To pass , to wheel , the croupe to gain ; And high curvet , that not in vain The sword-sway might descend in main On foeman ' s casque below . "
Chivaj / ry and Cavalry being both derived from the French cikeval , a horse , had originally the same signification , but the former is ' jiow generally limited to the institution of Knighthood , which sprung up in what we call the dark ages , and was a decoration rather thaii an essential part of the feudal system . Some writers are of opinion that Chivalry , or Knighthood , was but a continuation of the Equestrian order of the Eoman empire ;* this , which may be called the second order in the state , forming a connecting link between
* JQ quites anvati—from the gilt spurs they wore
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Chivalry.
CHIVALEY ,
AKD THE INSTITUTIONS , Oil ORDERS , OF THt KNIGHTS OF ST , JOHN OlF MAMA . ; THE KNIGHTS OF THE TEMPLE OF SOLOMON ^ AND THE TEUTONIC KNIGHTS OF GEBMANr . BY A P . E . G . OF THE OliDEB OF MASONIC KNI & HTS TEMPXAB , AND OF ST . JOHN
OF MALTA
" Every species of study contributes to the perfection of human knowledge , by that universal bond which connects them all in a philosophic mind . "—Disraeli . i ^ THotr ^ world may have now outgrown tlie necessifcy of such institutions as those upon which we are about to treat , yet as they did good service in their time , and are the foundation of some
important branches of our institution , and as those ofishoots are at the present day receiving , from the more elevated classes in society , greater attention than the parent stem ^ required for devoting a portion of our space , for a few numbers , to a succinct notice of their rise , progress , and extinction .
As the Knightly Orders of which it is our especial intention to treat , were , as separate and distinct institutions , developed during the Crusades , but were not , as some have supposed , originated during those extraordinary periods of popular excitement , it is necessary , for a perfect acquaintance with Knighthood in its varied forms , to commence our papers with a preliminary notiee of the aristocratic institution of CHIVALKY .
" — -When Young Knights , and squires a lighter train , Practised their chargers on the plain , By aid of leg , of hand , and rein Each warlike feat to show ; To pass , to wheel , the croupe to gain ; And high curvet , that not in vain The sword-sway might descend in main On foeman ' s casque below . "
Chivaj / ry and Cavalry being both derived from the French cikeval , a horse , had originally the same signification , but the former is ' jiow generally limited to the institution of Knighthood , which sprung up in what we call the dark ages , and was a decoration rather thaii an essential part of the feudal system . Some writers are of opinion that Chivalry , or Knighthood , was but a continuation of the Equestrian order of the Eoman empire ;* this , which may be called the second order in the state , forming a connecting link between
* JQ quites anvati—from the gilt spurs they wore