Medieval Warriors Boxed Set

Chapter Love wants a chivalrous lover

Love wants a chivalrous lover

skilled at arms and generous in serving

who speaks well and gives greatly,

who knows what he should do and say,

in or out of his hall,

as befits his power.

He should be full of hospitality, courtesy, and good cheer.

A lady who lies with such a lover as that

is clean of all her sins.

From the 12th century poem Be’m plai lo gais temps de pascor

By the knight-troubadour Bertran de Born