Chivalry was developed in the Catholic world. Listen to the remarkable words of the deeply religious ordination ceremony of these monk-soldiers who took their vows to heart. This stirring program reveals that Chivalry was a gift of the Catholic Church, created to focus the heroic fighting instincts of men on defending the weak and powerless, venerating womanhood, defending Christ’s Church, and countering the forces of chaos rampant in the medieval world. Even if the price was impoverishment and death, Knights kept thei...
Chivalry was developed in the Catholic world. Listen to the remarkable words of the deeply religious ordination ceremony of these monk-soldiers who took their vows to heart. This stirring program reveals that Chivalry was a gift of the Catholic Church, created to focus the heroic fighting instincts of men on defending the weak and powerless, venerating womanhood, defending Christ’s Church, and countering the forces of chaos rampant in the medieval world. Even if the price was impoverishment and death, Knights kept their vow of protecting the oppressed. During the Great Pilgrimages, known to day as “The Crusades”, often only one-in-twenty of the Knights returned home alive.
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