DON QUIXOTE DE LA MANCHA

MIGUEL DE CERVANTES(1547-1616)

EUROPEAN CODE OF CHIVALRY(WHY IT WAS NECESSARY)

• THE MEDIEVAL ERA WAS ONE RENOWN FOR ITS USE OF THE FEUDAL SYSTEM. THIS SYSTEM WAS BASED UPON THE PRINCIPAL THAT LANDED LORDS (MEN THAT OWNED LAND AND HAD TITLES: KNIGHT, LORD, EARL, DUKE) TOOK CARE OF NON-LANDED PEOPLE, KNOWN AS SERFS OR PEASANTS. THE LORD PROVIDED PROTECTION, LAW, AND ORDER FOR HIS PEOPLE, AND THEY WORKED THE LAND, TENDED THE LIVESTOCK (SHEEP, GOATS, COWS, ETC.), AND WORKED IN THE LORD’S KEEP AS SERVANTS. THE CODE OF CHIVALRY AROSE FROM THE EXPECTATIONS OF HOW A KNIGHT, LORD, EARL, DUKE, PRINCE, OR KING SHOULD ACT.

THE CODE OF THE ROUND TABLE(YEP, I MEAN KING ARTHUR’S COURT)

• THE ROUND TABLE - FIRST MENTIONED BY WACE IN HIS "ROMAN DE BRUT" - WAS NOT ONLY A PHYSICAL TABLE, BUT THE HIGHEST ORDER OF CHIVALRY AT THE COURT OF KING ARTHUR. ITS MEMBERS WERE SUPPOSEDLY THE CREAM OF THE BRITISH MILITARY WHO FOLLOWED A STRICT CODE OF HONOUR AND SERVICE. SIR THOMAS MALORY OUTLINES THIS AS:

• TO NEVER DO OUTRAGE NOR MURDER (DON’T KILL IN COLD BLOOD)• ALWAYS TO FLEE TREASON (STAY TRUE TO YOUR KING AND THE LAW)• TO BY NO MEANS BE CRUEL BUT TO GIVE MERCY UNTO HIM WHO ASKS FOR MERCY (IF AN

OPPONENT IN BATTLE ASKS FOR “QUARTER”/MERCY, GIVE IT – AND SPARE HIS LIFE)• TO ALWAYS DO LADIES, GENTLEWOMEN AND WIDOWS SUCCOR (HELP TO SUPPORT WOMEN

WHO HAVE LOST THEIR HUSBANDS, BY TITHING AND GIVE THEM ASSISTANCE FOR FREE)• TO NEVER FORCE LADIES, GENTLEWOMEN OR WIDOWS (NEVER FORCE A WOMEN TO DO

ANYTHING SHE DOES NOT WISH TO: MARRY YOU, SIMPLY BECAUSE YOU HAVE MONEY, OR YOU PROMISE TO PROTECT HER)

• NOT TO TAKE UP BATTLES IN WRONGFUL QUARRELS FOR LOVE OR WORLDLY GOODS (DON’T TRY TO KILL SOMEONE BECAUSE YOU ARE ANGRY OR BECAUSE YOU WANT THEIR POSSESSIONS)

GIOVANNI BOCCACCIO• IN HIS "DE CASIBUS VIRORUM ILLUSTRIUM" FURTHER SAYS

THAT THE TWELVE BASIC RULES OF THE KNIGHTS OF THE ROUND TABLE WERE:

• TO NEVER LAY DOWN ARMS TO SEEK AFTER WONDERS

• TO DEFEND THE RIGHTS OF THE WEAK WITH ALL ONE'S STRENGTH

• TO INJURE NO ONE NOT TO ATTACK ONE ANOTHER

• TO GRANT HOSPITALITY TO ANYONE, EACH ACCORDING TO HIS ABILITY

• TO FIGHT FOR THE SAFETY OF ONE'S COUNTRY TO GIVE ONE'S LIFE FOR ONE'S COUNTRY

• TO MAKE A REPORT WITH THE GREATEST FIDELITY TO TRUTH TO THOSE WHO KEEP THE ANNALS

• TO SEEK NOTHING BEFORE HONOUR NEVER TO BREAK FAITH FOR ANY REASON

• TO PRACTICE RELIGION MOST DILIGENTLY

CODE OF CHIVALRY DESCRIBED BY THE DUKE OF BURGANDY

• FAITH CHARITYJUSTICE SAGACITY

• PRUDENCE TEMPERANCE RESOLUTION TRUTH • LIBERALITY DILIGENCE HOPE

VALOUR

THE CODE OF THE KNIGHT ERRANT(DON QUIXOTE’S CODE/OATH)

• A KNIGHT-ERRANT[1] (OR KNIGHT ERRANT[2]) IS A FIGURE OF MEDIEVAL CHIVALRIC ROMANCE LITERATURE. THE ADJECTIVE ERRANT (MEANING "WANDERING, ROVING") INDICATES HOW THE KNIGHT-ERRANT WOULD WANDER THE LAND IN SEARCH OF ADVENTURES TO PROVE HIS CHIVALRIC VIRTUES, EITHER IN KNIGHTLY DUELS (PAS D'ARMES) OR IN SOME OTHER PURSUIT OF COURTLY LOVE.

• DON QUIXOTE SWEARS HIS LOVE TO “THE LADY DULCINEA DEL TOBOSO” – AND SEARCHES FOR EVIL KNIGHTS, GIANTS, EVIL WIZARDS, AND DRAGONS TO DEFEAT IN HER NAME, AND TO PROVE HIS LOVE TO HER…

DOUBLE BUBBLE

• CREATE A DOUBLE BUBBLE THAT COMPARES AND CONTRASTS DON QUIXOTE’S KNIGHTLY CODE WITH ANY ONE THE OTHER CODES SEEN AND DISCUSSED IN THIS POWER POINT. NO LESS THAN FOUR SIMILARITIES AND FOUR DIFFERENCES.