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unusual facts about Chivalric



Ars Ensis

In order to test members' fencing skills the association organizes an annual AE tournament called Lovagi Torna (Chivalric Tournament) held at different historic locations, for instance the old royal residence in Visegrád, and also a series of fencing opportunities called Liga (League) with its finals at the last training of a given year, AE's Christmas Workout.

Denis Pyramus

In 1150 he wrote Parthénopéus de Blois, a chivalric tale (romance) whose motif is drawn from the story of Cupid and Psyche.

Georg Gänswein

On the sinister side of Archbishop Gänswein's chivalric coat of arms is the draconian serpent that heraldically symbolises the Devil being slain by his patron, Saint George – and, in this instance, has been viewed as a symbol of his duty to protect the Pope.

Heavy metal fashion

The imagery and values of historic Celtic, Saxon, Viking and Chivalric culture is reflected heavily in metal music, by bands such as Blind Guardian, and has its impact upon the everyday fashion and especially the stagegear of metal artists.

John Cornwall

John Cornwall, 1st Baron Fanhope (died 1443), English nobleman, soldier and one of the most respected chivalric figures of his era

Le Meravigliose avventure di Guerrin Meschino

It is based in part on the 1410 chivalric romance Il Guerrin Meschino.

Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty

In contrast to much of the Civil War fiction that had gone before it, Miss Ravenel's Conversion portrayed war not in the chivalric, idealized manner of Walter Scott, but as a bloody and inglorious hell.

Order of Saint James

Order of Santiago, also known as the Military Order of Santiago, a catholic chivalric order and monarchical order founded in Castile

Studium, Accademia di Casale e del Monferrato per l’Arte, la Letteratura, la Storia,le Scienze e le Varie Umanità

degli Uberti, a knigh of several noted chivalric orders (Equestrian Order of the Saint Gregory the Great, The Sacred Military Constantinian Order of Saint George and honorary member of the Accademia di Marina di Santo Stefano di Pisa) also served as vice-president of Kiwanis Club of Casale Monferrato (1978-1979).

The Society of the Friends of St George's and Descendants of the Knights of the Garter

The society includes more than 5,100 members worldwide (including more than 900 AmFriends members of the American Friends of St George's and Descendants of the Knights of the Garter Inc.) to "protect, preserve and enhance" the college, its St George's Chapel at Windsor Castle and the royal chivalric knighthood, the Order of the Garter.

Theodor von Hippel

The Brandenburgers did make one concession to the old, Prussian chivalric code, however- they never attacked without first revealing their true uniforms, which they wore underneath their disguises.


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