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We're honestly just impressed that knights could maintain a code of chivalry while wearing all that armor. We would have just been hot and hangry.
Transcript
- 00:02
Throughout human history different groups have abided by different codes of
- 00:06
conduct from the cave peoples prohibition about leaving clubs all over [Caveman surrounded by clubs in a cave]
- 00:10
the place to our current ban on using way too many outlets in a coffee shop if
- 00:16
you really need two printers maybe you should just bring your coffee to a
- 00:19
copy shop well the very same thing was true for [Knight on a horse preparing for battle]
Full Transcript
- 00:22
medieval knights they had the concept of chivalry a specific code of conduct that
- 00:26
Knights swore to abide by kinda like citizenship oath but though with way
- 00:31
more swords well chivalry was mostly focused on upholding honor because when
- 00:36
you're a knight when one of your main jobs is fighting and killing folk so you [Knight with a sword threatens man on his knees]
- 00:39
want to be sure you're doing that in the most respectful manner possible King
- 00:43
Arthur was a big fan of chivalry and when he established the round table at [King Arthur and others at the round table]
- 00:47
Camelot all of his Knights got a slice of free pizza just kidding..
- 00:51
they had to swear to a strict code of chivalry and they had to pay for pizza [King Arthur and other knights eating pizza at the round table]
- 00:55
Arthur's nice but he's not that nice the code of chivalry meant a lot more
- 00:59
than just using coasters on a round table one big element of the chivalric
- 01:04
code was to be merciful to those who asked for it [piece of parchment of the chivalric code]
- 01:07
sure war is all about killing but where's the honor and killing the weak
- 01:10
or the injured predators like wolves might not have such scruples but there's
- 01:15
reason no wild dogs managed to become knights of the round table another [pack of wolves growl at injured knight on the floor]
- 01:19
important element of the chivalric code was to respect the honor of women even
- 01:23
though a lot of invading warriors had less than progressive attitudes about [an invading warrior and a woman curled in the corner]
- 01:26
women captured in war images putting it very very mildly chivalric Knights saw
- 01:31
women as worthy of honor in all circumstances depending on what their
- 01:35
husband was like a medieval woman might see an invading chivalrous Knight as a [Chivalric knight appears in a room]
- 01:39
real breath of fresh air another big part of chivalry was honoring and
- 01:43
serving royalty and the church this makes a lot of sense from the perspective
- 01:47
of the authority figures at the time he's got a whole bunch of strong guys [Authority figures stood in a church]
- 01:50
with swords running around why not include in their vows the idea that
- 01:54
they've got to be really really nice to you right well if you can pull all of [Two knights fight each other in a church]
- 01:58
that off you might just find a seat for yourself at the round table
- 02:01
but yeah don't expect free pizza... hey come on [kid wearing a helmet served pizza from a knight]
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