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Page, Esquire, and Knight Presents the Best Stories of All Periods of Chivalry, from the Days of the Founding of 1 PREFACE Conditions and Terms of Use William Caxton, the first English printer, who Copyright © Heritage History 2010 published his books with a view to edification as well as to Some rights reserved recreation, thought it well to include in his library three This text was produced and distributed by Heritage History, an books of chivalry, "wherein his readers should find many organization dedicated to the preservation of classical juvenile history joyous and pleasant histories," and should learn of "the books, and to the promotion of the works of traditional history authors. noble acts of chivalry, the gentle and the virtuous deeds that The books which Heritage History republishes are in the some knights did." 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You may not alter this text or try to pass off all or any part of it as knighthood from the time of St. George, who won his spurs your own work. by killing the dragon, to the founding, a thousand years later, of the order which bore his name and embodied in its 3. You may not distribute copies of this text for commercial purposes. ritual the highest ceremonial of chivalry. With its explanation of the meaning of the degrees of knighthood, 4. This text is intended to be a faithful and complete copy of the original document. However, typos, omissions, and other errors may have its description of quests and tourneys, and its outline of the occurred during preparation, and Heritage History does not guarantee great events of chivalry, this volume will serve as a good a perfectly reliable reproduction. introduction to the later reading of the child in Arthurian and other romance, and in the history of Charlemagne's Permission to use Heritage History documents or images for wars and the crusades. commercial purposes, or more information about our collection of traditional history resources can be obtained by contacting us at Our best heritage from the Middle Ages is the ideal [email protected] side of that system which Original Copyright 1910 by Marion Florence Lansing 2 Distributed by Heritage History 2009 "By a line Of institution from our ancestors, Hath been deriv'd down to us, and receiv'd In a succession, for the noblest way Of breeding up our youth in letters, arms, Fair mien, discourses, civil exercises, And all the blazon of a gentleman." Chivalry ceased to be of practical value only when the conditions of civilization called for men of peace rather than of war, and the perfect knight was replaced by the perfect gentleman. M.F.L. CAMBRIDGE, MASSACHUSETTS TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE, ESQUIRE, AND KNIGHT ....................................... 4 THE DRAWING OF THE SWORD ...................................... 5 THE FOUNDING OF THE ROUND TABLE ......................... 8 PERCEVAL .................................................................... 10 SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT ....................... 17 THE PASSING OF ARTHUR ............................................ 26 ROLAND, A KNIGHT OF FRANCE .................................. 27 THE BATTLE OF RONCEVAL ........................................ 33 A STEED! A STEED! ...................................................... 40 GODFREY, A KNIGHT OF THE CRUSADES .................... 41 THE TROUBADOUR ....................................................... 46 THE ORDER OF ST. GEORGE ....................................... 46 CHEVALIER BAYARD .................................................... 49 NOTES ........................................................................... 56 Original Copyright 1910 by Marion Florence Lansing 3 Distributed by Heritage History 2009 CHAPTER I So it was that Roland lived in the court of Charlemagne and Bayard in the household of the Duke of Savoy. When he was fourteen the lad exchanged his page's PAGE, ESQUIRE, AND KNIGHT dagger for the sword, and became an esquire, who should be taught skill at arms and good horsemanship and should gain In the olden days when it was needful that all men strength of body and nobility of heart. In warlike days the should learn the arts of battle and defense, because law and esquire might often see much service, for he always attended order had not yet come to prevail throughout the world, his lord and master in arms, whether in travel or tourney or on knighthood began, and this is how it came to be. the field of battle. That shall you see when you read of Roland There had been armed men before, and castles where and Ogier the Dane. they dwelt, and kings to whom they rendered some sort of When the esquire was twenty-one, if he lived in days allegiance. And there had been brave men who did valiant of peace and was deemed worthy, or at any time in his deeds, but there had been other warriors as well who used their manhood if in days of strife he had performed some valiant skill at arms and their power over their households and estates feat in battle, he was made a knight; and this was the most to do violent and cruel acts, and this was an evil thing for all solemn act of all, for by this deed he pledged himself to devote the land. So it came about, as you shall read in the tales in this all his life to chivalry. book, that the good men of arms banded themselves together and made an order of chivalry which stretched in time over the The tales which you will read in this book are but a length and breadth of all the civilized world. King Arthur was small part of the stories of noble knights and the deeds they the first to gather the knights together, and many others did, since for more than ten hundred years every noble king followed in his way. and every valiant hero was a knight. The fame and honor of this order of chivalry grew as Of King Arthur and his Round Table there are many, the knights who made it did noble deeds and set themselves many stories, for this was high ideals, until at last every boy of noble family was trained "The goodliest fellowship of famous knights to be a knight; and what that means you will know better when Whereof this world holds record." you have read about some of the greatest knights that ever These you will read in the books wherein they are lived, and what brave deeds they did, and to what pledges they written. In the pages of history and romance you will learn of bound themselves. Gradually there came to be customs of Guy of Warwick and of Richard the Lion-Hearted, of Louis of knighthood which were the same in all lands, so that in the France and other famous knights. But here in this little book as later days of chivalry every knight, whether he lived in a castle well you shall read of knightly quests and strange adventures, in the north of England or was a member of the household of and of many men who won fame and honor in those olden the king of France, was trained in his youth in the same way. days He was taken first when he was seven years old and made a "When every morning brought a noble chance page, so that while he was yet a child he should learn courtesy And every chance brought out a noble knight." and obedience and the customs of knightly living. Original Copyright 1910 by Marion Florence Lansing 4 Distributed by Heritage History 2009 And I beseech you all, so many as shall see and read in of the same breadth and height on every side, and its this book, to keep these gracious and courteous and honorable appearance was like marble. And in the midst of it was an acts of these knights in remembrance, and to follow after the anvil of steel a foot high, and therein stood a fair sword, naked same, for by oft reading of them you shall accustom without sheath or guard, and about it were written letters of yourselves to do knightly deeds, and so shall you win a good gold which said thus: "Whoso pulleth this sword out from this name and fame.
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