Knight-errant
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A knight-errant is a figure of medieval chivalric romance literature. The adjective errant indicates how a knight would wander the land in search of adventures to prove his chivalric virtues.
The Knight Errant by John Everett Millais (1870)
Chivalry
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Chivalry, or the chivalric language, is an informal and varying code of conduct that developed in France between 1170 and 1220. It is associated with the medieval Christian institution of knighthood,
Knight-errant
…romance literature. The adjective errant (meaning "wandering, roving") indicates how a knight would wander the land in search of adventures to prove his chivalric virtues. In medieval Europe, knight-errantry existed in fictional works from this time, that often were presented as non-fiction. The character type…
Konrad von Limpurg as a knight being armed by his lady in the Codex Manesse (early 14th century)
God Speed by English artist Edmund Leighton, 1900: depicting an armoured knight departing for war and leaving his beloved
Reconstruction of a Roman cavalryman (eques)
Knights of Christ by Jan van Eyck