Ocupation: Historian
Life: b. September 13, 1949
Birthday: September 13
Chilvalry's essential function, Maurice Keen has written, is always to hold up an idealised image of armed conflict in defiance of the harsh realities of actual warfare. By definition, chivalry also reaffirms the paramount importance of custom, hierarchy and inherited rank.
topic: Reality, Essentials, Warfare, Paramount, Armed Conflict, Harsh Reality