‘If the Word is to be defended, we are ready.’ That, according to Leon Gautier, sums up ‘the whole spirit of chivalry’.
These are its Ten Commandments:
I. Thou shalt believe all that the Church teaches, and shalt observe all its directions.
II. Thou shalt defend the Church.
III. Thou shalt respect all weaknesses, and shalt constitute thyself the defender of them.
IV. Thou shalt love the country in the which thou wast born.
V. Thou shalt not recoil before thine enemy.
VI. Thou shalt make war against the Infidel without cessation, and without mercy.
VII. Thou shalt perform scrupulously thy feudal duties, if they be not contrary to the laws of God.
VIII. Thou shalt never lie, and shalt remain faithful to thy pledged word.
IX. Thou shalt be generous, and give largesse to everyone.
X. Thou shalt be everywhere and always the champion of the Right and the Good against Injustice and Evil.
In this podcast,
and I explore the importance of chivalry for modern men and why the only alternatives are either the soy boy or the bad boy — neither of which can sustain civilisation.Topics discussed include
The importance of physical training
How to make the Church manly again
Why we should relish the prospect of hard times ahead
The rich tradition of warrior masculinity within Christianity
As he writes, ‘now that dragons stalk the land ever more openly, the time for a revival of devotion to St George has come again.’
How to fix modern men