[Artemisia] Chivalry and Opinions

[Cross Reardon]

For period works on King Arthur, and some others from the same time period,
you can go to project gutenberg (www.gutenberg.org) or other sites to
download free versions of the following:

History of the Britons 796 Nennius
History of the Kings of Britain 1136 Geoffrey of Monmouth
The Mabinogion 14th Cen. Anonymous
The Gododdin (Gododin) 6th Cen. Aneirin
On the Ruin of Britain 6th Cen. Gildas

Tiernbard ap Gwalchmai
m.k.a. Cross Reardon
On Nov 18, 2011 9:06 PM, "Susan E. Macnamara" <machay at xmission.com> wrote:

> Quoting dukealan at q.com:
>
> > All,
> >
> > This past discussion has been interesting....and bothersome to me in
> >  some ways.  Many have opined on what chivalry is, or isn't.  In
> > their opinion.  And what chivalrous actions are, or are not....in
> > their opinion.
> >
> > If you have not read these books, you should consider it.
> > Especially, if you want to speak in any kind of educated level about
> > chivalry.  Really. Read Ivanhoe.  The absurd fear that expressing an
> > opinion....gasp....may  offend someone, somehow.  YIS,   Alan
>
>
> So now I'm going to be downloading Ivanhoe onto Kindle, I guess, and
> the other books too. I've not thought before about looking to the
> Victorians for our picture of the middle ages. I've only seen them as
> distracting and misleading. But I agree that they have shaped our
> perceptions and it is a good idea to find out how that is so.
>
> Re: the issue of "PC." It originated I think because people were being
> insensitive and disrespectful because our society had changed. What
> was considered acceptable in the past isn't now, for example "Idiot"
> was an acceptable term for people with mental retardation. Now "Mental
> Retardation" is considered pejorative by those who it describes and
> they are using the term "Intellectually Disabled." On this very board
> we recently discussed whether or not "gypsy" was respectful or not.
>
> It's a moving target, folks, and always will be. We identify something
> as "PC" in part because we are noticing the change in how we see the
> world. And that is often difficult and uncomfortable.
>
> But homogeneity and stasis would be very boring!!
>
> YIS, Luveday de Salford
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