WHO WAS RAIMON LLULL IN KNIGHTHOOD?
MyLady1536
Raimon Llull was a Spanish knight who in 1265 wrote that knights must be
chivalrous. This includes: being truthful, gentle to the poor, faithful and
courteous and even in battle. How a knight was to performed in his conduct was
set by the rules in the Law of Arms. No harm was to be performed to their
captives or leave them stranded in their wounds. A noteworthy point in the
year of 1356, King Jean II of France delayed his attack due to it being Sunday
and in turn allowed time for the English to prepare, thus King Jean II lost his
victory.
A troubadour in the 12th century was a knight who sang songs of love and
chivalry. Such as it was the passionate heart of many knights to the ladies
and no it did not matter if the lady was married as many marriages were
business arrangements. True love within the knights heart was the "hopeless
longing for someone they could never marry."
Ah, such as a knights heart in the wooing, being of a strange courtly love,
many a knight went into great feats just to "win a smile of the lady". A story
in point of a knight who wore his lady's dress instead of his armour. He ended
up badly wounded. Ah, but the bloodstained dress was worn by the lady as she
gave a feast in the honor of her knight. But then there were the down right
mean words between two knights when they realized they had the favor of the
same woman.
Noteworthy: "A lady ties her scarf to her knight's arm, and he vows to fight
for her in the tournament. The motto on her tent reads, Jealousy Is The Enemy
of Honor."
In epilogue of what Knight Raimon Llull began with chivalrous behavior it is
that in
the year 1400 the ladies of France, set up a Court of Love, being its leader
the poet Christine de Pisan. Such cases as the knight did not show up for the
tournament after the lady asked him to wear her favor. -epilogue
**I will be doing research into the writer Andreas Capellanus who in the year
1186
listed 31 laws of love. A challenge to anyone who may have such laws in their
library to share with in the knight group here.
Cheers,
Lady Jacqueline
Wilson
Thank You - most interesting !
Nitwatchr0
Oh m'lady I thank you, for your wonderful posts. The both are very thought out
and meaningful. You put me to shame as I thought I was a good researcher. You
are very inspirational. You have given me and I hope the group new thought and
idea's as to how to keep this group going.
((giving Lady Jacqueline a gental kiss on her hand)) I hope to meet your
challenge as I will be doing some research into the subject you have put forth.
For now I bid thee all a good night,
Night Watcher