Religion united its influence with those of loyalty and love, and the order of knighthood, endowed with all the sanctity and religious awe that attended the priesthood, became an object of ambition to the greatest sovereigns.

The sunflower is a favorite emblem of constancy

The preparatory education of candidates for knighthood was long and arduous.

We thus see that the Greeks of the early ages knew little of any real people except those to the east and south of their own country, or near the coast of the Mediterranean.

It was not till toward the end of the thirteenth century that the prose romances began to appear.

The word "Chivalry" is derived from the French Cheval, a horse.

For Mythology is the handmaid of literature; and literature is one of the best allies of virtue and promoters of happiness.