Examples Of Chivalry In Sir Gawain

Knightly chivalry is a code of behavior. It creates and names the values of the knights, and they try to follow the code of chivalry in everything they do. Many of the values covered in the code are derived from Christian morality ideas. The code includes friendship, generosity, chastity, courtesy, and piety. The code of chivalry applies to Sir Gawain because Arthur’s castle and court live by the code, or at least try to. When Gawain went to go find the green knight and stayed at Lord Bertilak’s castle, Sir Gawain stuck by the code, and didn’t sleep with Lady Bertilak even though she tried to seduce him. Sir Gawain is very chivalrous, and he is one of the most chivalrous knights, however he does betray the code occasionally, because he isn’t perfect.

The legal system they have is set up around the law, and Sir Gawain and all of the other knights follow the language of the law. The word covenant is used to imply that they are talking about laws. The law applies to Sir Gawain’s tale because it is another code they follow, like the code of chivalry. The law however is about different things, such as binding agreements and things like that whereas the code of chivalry is about values each knight should follow. The law also involves the Christian idea that the actual enforcement of the law is not nearly as important as serving the spirit or general idea of the law, and the spirit is to be