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 | | In the military sense, chivalry was the heavy cavalry of the Middle Ages which constituted the chief and most effective warlike force. |
 | | Out of this necessity arose the military orders [note: the reference here is to the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, the Knights Templar, and, later, the Teutonic Knights} which adopted as a fourth monastic vow that of perpetual warfare against the infidels. |
 | | Bitter divisions sometimes rend the best companies of knights, quietly ushering them further from the basic ideals that empower them, starting them on the journey to vainglory that defeats humility, overcomes charity, makes a mockery of courtesy, and in short flens the heart against chivalry. |
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