title: Chivalry: The Everyday Life of the Medieval Knight
author: Leon Gautier
description: Lon Gautier was a French literary historian who was born at Le Havre, France in 1832. He was educated at the cole des Chartes, and became successively head of the archives of the dpartement of Haute-Marne and archivist at the Imperial Archives at Paris. In 1871 he became professor of palaeography at the cole des Chartes. He was elected member of the Academy of Inscriptions in 1887, and became chief of the historical section of the National Archives in 1893. Gautier rendered great services to the study of early French literature with numerous works on medieval subjects.
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  Forbidden fruit always tastes the sweetest…
  
  Elise keeps her cards close to her chest. Few people know that she’s also
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  Duty, Honor, Truth, Valor
  
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  medieval miniseries by
  
  Carol Townend
  
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