Saviez-vous que l’idéal chevaleresque a contribué à façonner la civilité occidentale ?

Yes. Chivalric treatises and princely orders disseminated standards of honor and restraint in the XIVᵉ-XVIᵉ centuries, later taken up by civility literature.

Middle Ages & sword: knight's equipment

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Medieval fighting sword, octagonal pommel with red cross, throat blade, brown and black leather scabbard with adjustable shoulder strap

164 €

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"Crusade" forged sword

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Medieval two-handed striking sword, laced leather scabbard

183 €

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Fidelis sword

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Forged medieval European estoc sword, XIVᵗʰ / XVᵗʰ century, brass guard and pommel, natural horn handle, wood and leather scabbard with belt decorated with a griffin and chimeras

266 €

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"Justice" medieval forged sword

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Forged medieval sword assembled according to your choice of components: blade, scabbard, guard, hilt, pommel and seals.

224 €

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Customized medieval / Templar sword #Terressens

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Combat dagger with trefoil cross pommel and laced brown leather scabbard, slanting.

79 €

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Medieval Crusader knight's dagger

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79 €

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Medieval German dagger

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Medieval combat dagger, faceted hexagonal pommel, brown leather-covered wooden scabbard

69 €

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Lightbane dagger

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Excalibur, King Arthur's sword, with brown braided scabbard

160 €

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Excalibur, King Arthur's sword, with brown braided scabbard

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Excalibur, King Arthur's sword, with wall bracket

111 €

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Excalibur, King Arthur's sword, with wall bracket

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134 €

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Templar decorative sword

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Collector's dagger featuring Templar symbols: Templar knight, Latin cross, Templar shield, double-headed eagle | Today, I wear the main symbols that made the knights I served proud. The Templar knight, the shield, the Latin cross, the circled cross and, more discreetly, the double-headed eagle: all these symbols have stood the test of time, as bearers of values.

18 €

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Symbolic Templar dagger

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King Arthur's dagger

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Black collector's dagger with Templar symbols: Templar knight, Latin cross pattée on blazon | My name comes from the Old French "baucent", black and white. It gave rise to the Templar knight's gonfanon: le baussant (or beaucéant), per fess argent and sable, with a cross gules surmounting.

19 €

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Baussant, symbolic Templar dagger

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Medieval chain mail (hauberts, finger stitches)

184 €

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Chain mail

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Piece of medieval butt-knitted armor (capuchon de mailles)

79 €

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Medieval armor camail

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79 €

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Medieval helmet

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Helmet with cheek guard

Reproduction (miniature, 1/3 scale) of a French medieval suit of armor, with sword and stand (delivered mounted).

350 €

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French medieval armor XVᵗʰ - XVIᵗʰ centuries (miniature)

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Medieval / Templar sword or dagger belt loop in natural leather, stitched and riveted | Accessory or indispensable? I like to think of myself as indispensable, because I make wearing a sword or dagger much more practical. I allow knights and enthusiasts to wear their favorite weapon with flexibility.

14 €

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Medieval sword / dagger holder in brown or black leather

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16 €

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Letter opener Excalibur, brown sheath

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Letter opener Templar sword red scabbard

16 €

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Letter opener Templar sword red scabbard

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When chivalry invented Western civility

From the XIIIᵉ to the XVIᵉ century, the chivalric ideal served as a bridge between warrior ethics and courtly civility. The Book of chivalry of Geoffroi de Charny codified honor, prowess and loyalty, while princely orders - the Garter in 1348, the Golden Fleece in 1430 - institutionalized this ethos. During the Renaissance, Castiglione transposed these standards into the figure of the courtier, the matrix of the "gentleman". Maurice Keen sees it as an enduring social ideal; Richard Kaeuper emphasizes its ambivalence, with chivalry both framing and exalting violence. In the long term, Norbert Elias interprets this evolution as a "process of civilization" imposing restraint, politeness and self-control. A heritage as fertile as it is pervasive, which has shaped our Western ways of being.

Sources:
. Yale University Press § Maurice Keen, Chivalry
. Oxford University Press § Richard W. Kaeuper, Chivalry and Violence in Medieval Europe
. Geoffroi de Charny, Le Livre de chevalerie
. Baldassare Castiglione, Le Livre du Courtisan(Il libro del cortegiano)
. Wikipedia § Order of the Garter ; Order of the Golden Fleece
. Norbert Elias, The Civilization of Manners

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When bravery becomes law: the first code of chivalry

Long before the flamboyant tournaments, chivalry was born of a need to control the violence of Frankish warriors. Around 1100, the Chanson de Roland, an epic celebrating Charlemagne's companions, enunciated an ideal: to be loyal to God and to one's suzerain, to protect widows and orphans, to honor one's word, to loyally confront a worthy adversary. These "unwritten laws" were taken up by the clerics of the Peace of God movement, who preached that the sword should serve the common good. Little by little, the Church blessed the knighthood: in the nave of a cathedral, the young man swore an oath, received the sacred sword, and then, with a light flick of the hand, became a "knight". Thus was born the first code of warrior ethics in the West, the matrix of the romantic chivalry that would thrill the centuries that followed.

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The day a sword made you a knight

In medieval Europe, becoming a knight was not just a question of bravery: it was a veritable initiation rite, codified and sacred. The adoubement, the key moment in this social ascension, consisted in receiving a blow with the flat of thesword on the shoulder or the nape of the neck, symbolizing the transmission of honor and duty.
Prior to this ceremony, the squire had to spend an entire night in vigil, praying in a chapel, dressed in white as a symbol of purity. The knighthood itself was sometimes preceded by a ritual bath, confession and even fasting.
But did you know that the stroke of the sword was also a reminder of the pain of battle? Some ancient texts even mention blows so vigorous that they made the future knight stagger... A very physical way of saying: "You now belong to the caste of fighters. Prepare to suffer for your ideal.

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Templar shield

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158 €

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Templar sword, red braided scabbard

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101 €

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Templar tabard

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When chivalry invented Western civility

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When bravery becomes law: the first code of chivalry

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The day a sword made you a knight

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