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Ideały rycerskie w Polsce w XV wieku
Chivalric ideals in Poland in the 15th century

Author(s): Anna Lachowska
Subject(s): Cultural history
Published by: Warszawska Prowincja Redemptorystów
Keywords: Education; perfection; ideal; knight; cavalier; education knights; accolade; ethos; ethos of chivalry

Summary/Abstract: The Middle Ages brought its own original culture and at the same time in all aspects of life. In this period appeared knight – as a separate unit and the reserved state of the medieval knight. Belonging to this condition resulted from birth, and preparation for the profession took from an early age during which the claimant a knight learned combat techniques and the way of life and ideals prevailing in the world of knights – who ruled their internal regulations.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 12
  • Page Range: 389-402
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish
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