By Kennedy Hickman, About.com Guide
Battle of Crecy by Jean Froissart
Photograph Source: Public DomainChivalry was the code of conduct and ethics followed by knights during the Middle Ages. Derived from the French (chevalier) and Latin terms for "one who rides a horse," a knight's code of chivalry stressed duty, honor, and courtly love.
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