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Chivalry
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LARPing Lancelot
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When researching my recent posts I came across a 2013 blog post by “Word Warrior” Barry Jacobsen titled CHIVALRY IS DEAD, LADIES: AND IT’S (PARTIALLY) YOUR FAULT! Jacobsen took the… read more
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An eyewitness account of WACF.
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By way of Encyclopedia Titanica, the words of Titanic survivor Mrs. Emil Taussig as reported by the New York Times on April 22nd 1912: “Only twenty women were near the… read more
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Lancelot and the gruesome demand for the Full Titanic Experience.
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Five years ago this January the cruise ship Costa Concordia ran aground at 11:45 PM with 4,252 souls on board. The engine compartments were quickly flooded, and the ship eventually… read more
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Is Gen. 29 a modern love story?
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Note: This began as a discussion in the comments section of Riding to Lancelot’s rescue, but it seems worthy of making into a quick post. Commenter Kevin asks: I agree… read more
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Ovid Game tip: Don’t visit her on her birthday.
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In The Allegory of Love C.S. Lewis explains that because the concept of courtly love has fully transformed our view of sexual passion, we misread prior works as if they… read more
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Riding to Lancelot’s rescue.
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Several commenters have objected to my previous post, including Hugh Mann: I think our gracious host doth read too much into these tales – I was brought up on them,… read more
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Fighting for his Lady’s honor.
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I’ve touched on this before, but I think the chivalrous story of Lancelot fighting for Guinevere’s honor in Chrétien de Troyes Lancelot, the Knight of the Cart is worthy of a… read more
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Courtly love is always sexual, even when non physical.
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Red Pill Latecomer noted that courtly love is considered pure, in part because it doesn’t involve sex: But as I learned it, the highest form of Courtly Love was chaste…. read more
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Imperceptible
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There was an altercation down in Houston over the weekend that was caught on video and ended up as a story at the Daily Mail: Note that the woman spends… read more
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Tame or be tamed.
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In response to my last post several readers and one kind blogger challenged my characterization of Mary Kassian’s sermon Don’t Be a Wimp: Kicking the Habits That Make Women Weak. … read more
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