{"id":2,"date":"2020-01-09T16:07:18","date_gmt":"2020-01-09T16:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/history\/233-2020s\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2020-02-20T14:58:17","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T14:58:17","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/history\/233-2020s\/","title":{"rendered":"Medieval Crusades and Chivalry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Who were the medieval fighters and lovers? <\/strong>This site investigates medieval civilization through some of its most intriguing characters \u2013 crusaders, pilgrims, and knights \u2013 and looks into the society that produced them.&nbsp;&nbsp;This study involves issues of international law or human rights, religious and ethnic diversity, and social class and privilege.&nbsp;&nbsp;<strong>Above all else the figures of knights will occupy our attention<\/strong> \u2013 their disdain for the practical, their love of risk-taking, the codes of service, loyalty and love that inspire their behavior and yet create contradictions in their modes of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"693\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/history\/233-2020s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Meister_der_Manessischen_Liederhandschrift_001-693x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/history\/233-2020s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Meister_der_Manessischen_Liederhandschrift_001-693x1024.jpg 693w, https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/history\/233-2020s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Meister_der_Manessischen_Liederhandschrift_001-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/history\/233-2020s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Meister_der_Manessischen_Liederhandschrift_001-768x1134.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/history\/233-2020s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Meister_der_Manessischen_Liederhandschrift_001.jpg 971w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 693px) 100vw, 693px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"http:\/\/Codex Manesse ca. 1340: K\">Konrad von Limpburg as a Knight being armed by his lady<\/a> (Codex Manesse ca. 1340)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"674\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/history\/233-2020s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ParzivalFeirefizBSBCgm19ca1240-674x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/history\/233-2020s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ParzivalFeirefizBSBCgm19ca1240-674x1024.jpeg 674w, https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/history\/233-2020s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ParzivalFeirefizBSBCgm19ca1240-197x300.jpeg 197w, https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/history\/233-2020s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ParzivalFeirefizBSBCgm19ca1240-768x1168.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/ds.guilford.edu\/classes\/history\/233-2020s\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/ParzivalFeirefizBSBCgm19ca1240.jpeg 940w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 674px) 100vw, 674px\" \/><figcaption>Scenes from Wolfram von Eschenbach&#8217;s <em>Parzival<\/em>, <a href=\"https:\/\/daten.digitale-sammlungen.de\/0007\/bsb00071690\/images\/index.html?fip=193.174.98.30&amp;seite=101&amp;pdfseitex=\">BSB, Cgm 19<\/a>, ca. 1240<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The working groups for the 233 2020 pages are: <strong>&#8220;The Sword in the Stone&#8221;; &#8220;The Military Orders&#8221;; &#8220;The People&#8217;s Crusade&#8221;; and &#8220;Chivalry, Myth, and Folklore.&#8221;<\/strong> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who were the medieval fighters and lovers? 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