Chivalry

1605 novel by Miguel de Cervantes

thumb|A 14th-century depiction of the 13th-century German knight Hartmann von Aue, from the [[Codex Manesse]]

Sir is a formal honorific address in English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exists in French only as part of "" .

thumb|Konrad von Limpurg as a knight being armed by his lady in the Codex Manesse (early 14th century)

1490 novel by Joanot Martorell and Martí Joan de Galba

unofficial maritime code of conduct

thumb|upright|The Accolade (Leighton)|The Accolade (1901), by [[Edmund Leighton]]

1351 event of the Breton War of Succession

thumb|200px|Late Qing period martial artist Huo Yuanjia was considered a great folk-hero (大俠). Youxia () was a type of ancient Chinese warrior folk hero celebrated in classical Chinese poetry and fictional literature. It literally means "wandering vigilante", but is commonly translated as "knight-errant" or less commonly as "cavalier", "adventurer", "soldier of fortune" or "underworld stalwart".

order of merit conferred by the European Parliament

passage of arms

medieval Catalan chivalric romance

Christian allegory based on New Testament military metaphors

book by Erasmus of Rotterdam

type of seal

thumb|250 px|A knight receiving a lady's favour at a hastilude. From Codex Manesse.