The British nation a history / by George MWrong . AkMIXG a KxifiHT. The king is girding on the sword, other knights are putting on his spurs. seven the aspirant to knighthood served some other knightas page, cleaned his armour and weapons, sometimes even 138 THE BRITISH NATION groomed his horse and performed other menial fourteen he chose a lady as the special object ofhis devotion, and re-ceived the consecrat-ed sword of an es-quire. To his serviceas a knight he wasfinally ordained by aritual not unlike tliatwhich made a fasting, prayer,and confession of hisThe sins,
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . AkMIXG a KxifiHT. The king is girding on the sword, other knights are putting on his spurs. seven the aspirant to knighthood served some other knightas page, cleaned his armour and weapons, sometimes even 138 THE BRITISH NATION groomed his horse and performed other menial fourteen he chose a lady as the special object ofhis devotion, and re-ceived the consecrat-ed sword of an es-quire. To his serviceas a knight he wasfinally ordained by aritual not unlike tliatwhich made a fasting, prayer,and confession of hisThe sins, he apprenticeship to knighthood- sacrament. partook of the had his. KXIGHTHOOD CONFERRED ON THE FlELD OF BAT-TLE, THE AdvEKSAKY UEINO OvERTIlU WX. Chivalry aleague amongthe upper sword blessed by thepriest, was then formally arrayed in armour and madehis solemn vows. To be loyal to God and the king, tobe true in all his undertakings, to prefer honour to gain,to be pure, to reverence purity in women and to servethem, were among the pledges of the knight. Chivalrywas a league among those of gentle blood, andits obligations did not extend to the lowerclasses; but it was in itself a lofty code for anage of brute force; it helped to make warmore merciful and to keep high ideals before the king, tlie nobility, even the higher clergy, had powerto nuike knights, and in time nearly every layman of gen-tle blood ranked as a knight. If history were only the record of the work of govern-ments, Ave should keep our eyes in this ageThe labourers i • ?. , i p i -1 .1 on the manor, **^ ^^S^ ^i^^ barons only, for by them the state was ruled. But the condi
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