<P> Chivalry , or the chivalric code , is an informal , varying code of conduct developed between 1170 and 1220 , never decided on or summarized in a single document , associated with the medieval institution of knighthood ; knights ' and gentlewomen 's behaviors were governed by chivalrous social codes . The ideals of chivalry were popularized in medieval literature , especially the Matter of Britain and Matter of France , the former based on Geoffrey of Monmouth 's Historia Regum Britanniae which introduced the legend of King Arthur , written in the 1130s . </P>
<P> Chivalry , or the chivalric code , is an informal , varying code of conduct developed between 1170 and 1220 , never decided on or summarized in a single document , associated with the medieval institution of knighthood ; knights ' and gentlewomen 's behaviors were governed by chivalrous social codes . The ideals of chivalry were popularized in medieval literature , especially the Matter of Britain and Matter of France , the former based on Geoffrey of Monmouth 's Historia Regum Britanniae which introduced the legend of King Arthur , written in the 1130s . </P>
where did the idea of chivalry come from
where did the idea of chivalry come from
the medieval institution of knighthood
the medieval institution of knighthood