To protect the timid and innocent, to combat the Moors in Spain, the Saracens in the east, the tyrants of the castles in Germany, and to secure in France, the quiet of travellers," was, according to some historians, the origin of chivalry. Women, Their Condition and Influence in Society - Pagina 200door Alexandre-Joseph-Pierre vicomte de Ségur - 1803Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
| Henry Card - 1811 - 304 pagina’s
...associations, to check the spirit of ferocity and violence. Their chief object was to take up arms against the Moors in Spain, the Saracens in the east, the tyrants of castles in Germany and France, . to protect and avenge the innocent, the helpless, and the distressed... | |
| 1812 - 500 pagina’s
...associations, to check the spirit of ferocity and violence. Their chief object was to take up arms against the Moors in Spain, the Saracens in the east, the tyrants of castles in Germany and France; to protect and avenge the innocent, the helpless, and the distressed;... | |
| Thomas Harttree Cornish - 1836 - 538 pagina’s
...to undertake that which the public strength either did not do, or did imperfectly. Their object was to combat the Moors in Spain, the Saracens in the East, the tyrants of castles and strong holds in France and Germany; and, in imitation of Hercules and Theseus, to secure... | |
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