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Podcast: Beer and Conversation with Pigweed and Crowhill
Episode: 205: Chivalry then and now. Society needs rules to rein in male behavior.
Description: P&C drink and review Pigweed's Texas Brown Ale, then discuss the history and modern application of chivalry.
The word comes from "horsemanship," and originally applied to knights.
Society needs hard men who are willing to fight, but they also need these men to be decent and courteous off the battlefield. Medieval Europeans developed expectations for knightly conduct, and this turned into a code.
Some knights were almost like fighting monks, and formed religious orders that regulated their conduct in war and in peace. Chivalry also regulated courtly love.
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