Module overview
Today, chivalry is readily associated with gentle(manly) behaviour, and more specifically with sportsmanship, gallantry and courtesy. While indisputably there has always been a ‘civilising’ component to chivalry, it is fascinating to see how our modern society has shifted the focus away from what once formed its core elements: war and violence. This module investigates the roots and development of a martial ethos, which came to be fully assimilated by the aristocracy between the 11th and the 15th century, and infused its culture.