Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 192
endtheir time. In Provence, chivalry regarded unlawful love with an indulgenteye, and made a jest of marriage. Chivalry was in fact a fraternal association, or rather an enthusiasticcompact between men of feeling and courage, of delicacy and devotion; CHIVALRY. such at least was the noble aim it… … Fig. 116.—Sword of Isabella the Catholic. Upon the hilt is the following inscription, partly inSpanish and partly in Latin:—I am always desiring honour; now I am watching, peacebe with me (Deseo sienpre onera; nunc caveo, pax con migo).—From the ArmeriaReal of Madrid, a publication of M. Ach.…
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