See also:

• CHIVALRY (O. Fr. chevalerie, from Late Lat. caballerius)

CHIVALRY (O. Fr. chevalerie, from See also:

• LATE

Late See also:

• LAT

Lat. caballerius)  , the knightly class of feudal times, possessing its own See also:

• CODE (Lat. codex)

code of rules, moral and social (see See also:

• KNIGHTHOOD

KNIGHTHOOD AND See also:

• CHIVALRY (O. Fr. chevalerie, from Late Lat. caballerius)

CHIVALRY) . The See also:

• PRIMARY

primary sense in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages is " knights " or " fully armed and mounted fighting men." Thence the See also:

• TERM

term came to mean that gallantry in See also:

• BATTLE

battle and high sense of See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour in See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general expected of knights . Thus " to do chivalry " was a See also:

• MEDIEVAL

medieval phrase for " to See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act the See also:

• KNIGHT, CHARLES (1791-1873)
• KNIGHT, DANIEL RIDGWAY (1845– )
• KNIGHT, JOHN BUXTON (1843–1908)

knight." Lastly, the word came to be used in its See also:

• PRESENT

present very general sense of " See also:

• COURTESY (O. Fr. curtesie, later courtoisie)

courtesy." In See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law chivalry meant the See also:

• TENURE (Fr. tenure, from Lat. tenere, to hold)

tenure of See also:

• LAND

land by knights' service . It was a service due to the See also:

• CROWN

crown, usually See also:

• FORTY

forty days' military attendance annually . The See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

Court of Chivalry was a court instituted by See also:

• EDWARD

Edward III., of which the See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord high See also:

• CONSTABLE (0. Fr. connestable, Fr. connetable, Med. Lat. comestabilis, conestabilis, constabularius, from the Lat. comes stabuli, count of the stable)
• CONSTABLE, ARCHIBALD (1774-1827)
• CONSTABLE, HENRY (1562-1613)
• CONSTABLE, JOHN (1776-1837)
• CONSTABLE, SIR MARMADUKE (c. 1455-1518)

constable and See also:

• EARL

earl See also:

• MARSHAL (med. Lat. marescalcus, from O.H.Ger. marah, horse, and scalc, servant)

marshal of See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England were See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges . When both sat the court had See also:

• SUMMARY

summary criminal See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction as regards all offences committed by knights, and generally as to military matters . When the earl marshal alone presided, it was a court of honour deciding as to See also:

• PRECEDENCE (from Lat. praecedere, to go before, precede)

precedence, coats of arms, &c . This court sat for the last See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time in 1737 . The heraldic See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of its duties are now vested in the earl marshal as See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the Heralds' See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

College .