chivalric
Like medieval knights
Chivalric describes things relating to the medieval system of knighthood and its ideals—honor, courtesy, bravery, and service to others.
A chivalric code governed a knight's conduct.
Chivalric romances were tales of knights and their quests.
The word is more formal and historical than chivalrous, which applies to modern behavior.
Courage in danger
- integrityMoral soundness and consistency
- virtueMoral goodness or merit
- nobilityTitled ruling class
- dignityInnate personal worth
rectitude · uprightness · loyalty · faithfulness · righteousness · morality · duty · oath
Honored mounted soldier
- armorProtective combat covering
- lanceLong thrusting weapon
- steedSpirited riding horse
- joustMounted lance combat
tournament · squire · shield · crest · helmet · chainmail · gauntlet · broadsword
Courage, especially in combat
- politenessCourteous, respectful conduct
- deferenceYielding to another's judgment
- graciousnessCourteous, kind demeanor
- gentilityRefined social standing
manners · civility · respect · consideration · tactfulness · propriety · gentlemanliness · decency
valor
Courage in danger
dignity · rectitude · uprightness · loyalty · faithfulness · righteousness · morality · duty · oath · fealty
knight
Honored mounted soldier
joust · tournament · squire · shield · crest · helmet · chainmail · gauntlet · broadsword · castle
gallantry
Courage, especially in combat
- politenessCourteous, respectful conduct
- deferenceYielding to another's judgment
- graciousnessCourteous, kind demeanor
gentility · manners · civility · respect · consideration · tactfulness · propriety · gentlemanliness · decency · courteousness
courtly love
Chivalric romantic ideal
- troubadourMedieval Provençal lyric poet
- wooingRomantic pursuit of another
- suitorOne who seeks affection
serenade · devotion · amour · paramour · ballad · sonnet · ardor · courtship · minstrel · adoration
feudalism
Land-for-service social structure
fiefdom · peasantry · keep · moat · drawbridge · armory · Camelot · Arthurian · round table · Lancelot
- chivalryknighthood, knights, medieval knights, honor, courtly love
- regalroyal, kingly, queenly, princely, majestic
- antique stylesgothic, medieval, baroque, renaissance, classical
- Medieval LanguageOld English, Middle English, Old French, Old Norse, Latin
chivalricdishonorable
Lacking integrity or ethics
dishonourable · ignoble · base · villainous · treacherous
- code of chivalryMedieval honorable conduct system
- chivalric codeMedieval warrior's ethical system
- chivalric idealsMedieval warrior virtue system
- medieval chivalryKnights' ethical code
- chivalric virtuesMedieval warrior's moral code
- romantic chivalryIdealized noble courtship tradition