The Buke of the Order of Knyghthood

by Ramon Llull

Book Overview

Reproduction of the original: The Buke of the Order of Knyghthood by Ramon Llull

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3752409134
• ISBN13: 9783752409130
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Outlook Verlag
• Length: 74 Pages
• Weight: 0.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.8" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Ideal work for all aspiring Knights

This book is excellent. Anyone wishing to know the TRUE code of Chivalry needs to read this book. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!

A moral guide for the Christian warrior...past and present

Ramon Lull spent his youthful years as a knight in his native land of Catalonia (northeast Spain). During that time, his life very much resembled that of an Arthurian champion, experiencing adventures of both martial and amorous nature. In his later years, he experienced a religious enlightenment, and retired to the forest, to live as a hermit in meditation. He left all his wealth and lands to his children and became a hermit. Being an educated man, he devoted his time to writing a large quantity of books, in multiple languages. One of his most important books, is this one, a moral guide-line for the ideals of Chivalry. This is a treatise on the highest idealized standards of behavior for the Christian warrior. Within, Ramon Lull described the virtues a knight should aspire to, and the vices he should avoid. He describes the test a candidate for knighthood should undergo, the duties a knight owes to his liege and those he would protect, the ceremony of knighting, and the symbolism of a knight's weapons, armor,and equipment. There was no precisely defined and unified Code of Chivalry, but it was a general concept of right versus wrong, and what we know of it comes from other such books and Medieval lore passed down through the ages. Some Orders of knighthood did establish their own particular versions of the code, but they all largely emphasized the same noble virtues. Not all knights lived up to this ideology, some, in fact ignored it completely. However, there were some knights who did indeed live up to this code as closely as a mortal man can. In our increasingly cynical secularist age, with its concept of "moral relativism", the Code of Chivalry is needed now, more than ever.

A great book

Whether you're a medievalist, historian, martial artist, or an escapist role player who pretends that you're a knight, this book will teach you what REAL chivalry was. Anyone interested in european martial history, or in becoming a better person should read this. My thanks to mr. Price for making it available once again.