Religion united its influence with those of loyalty and love, and the order of knighthood, endowed with all the sanctity and religious awe that attended the priesthood, became an object of ambition to the greatest sovereigns. — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
The preparatory education of candidates for knighthood was long and arduous. — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
It has, therefore, been a favorite boast of the people of Wales and Cornwall, that the original British stock flourishes in its unmixed purity… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
ON the decline of the Roman power, about five centuries after Christ, the countries of Northern Europe were left almost destitute of a national… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
“Alas! For shame," said Sir Launcelot, "that ever one knight should betray another! But it is an old saw, a good man is never… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
The other classes of which society was composed were, first, freemen, owners of small portions of land, independent, though they sometimes voluntarily became the… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
Mail armor continued in general use till about the year 1300, when it was gradually supplanted by plate armor, or suits consisting of pieces… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
The word knight, which originally meant boy or servant, was particularly applied to a young man after he was admitted to the privilege of… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
We thus see that the Greeks of the early ages knew little of any real people except those to the east and south of… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
If no other knowledge deserves to be called useful but that which helps to enlarge our possessions or to raise our station in society,… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
Shields were generally made of wood, covered with leather, or some similar substance. To secure them, in some sort, from being cut through by… — Thomas Bulfinch Copy Share Image
