Oxford English Prize Essays volume 2
Oxford English Prize Essays volume 2
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It was another effect of chivalry, that as it clearly arose from the distinction of ranks, so it tended as clearly to widen that distinction, and by so doing, it did, in fact, lay the foundation of all the nobility of Europe. At this period (for commerce was little known, and there was neither scope for the intellectual powers of the mind, nor means of rising to eminence by the exertions of in- dustrious labour) the portion of civil liberty enjoyed by the middle orders of society was extremely ...small, and the villains were everywhere in a state of servitude. To hinder the peasantry from dis- tinguishing themselves in war, they were never allowed to serve on horseback, and as cavalry was the great strength of their armies, a more effectual method could not have been devised.
Thus the institutions of chivalry were, from the first outset, confined to men of noble birth, and it is evident that knighthood was always esteemed nobility, since no man of what quality CHIVALRY. 121 soever, deemed a knight inferior to himself, and those of the highest birth could not act as noble- men till they had received the honour of knight- hood ; hence it was that in the ancient histo- rians of those times, dukes, marquises, earls, and barons, were all comprehended (when parti- cular praise was meant to be conferred) under the denomination of good, wise, and valiant knights.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
It was another effect of chivalry, that as it clearly arose from the distinction of ranks, so it tended as clearly to widen that distinction, and by so doing, it did, in fact, lay the foundation of all the nobility of Europe. At this period (for commerce was little known, and there was neither scope for the intellectual powers of the mind, nor means of rising to eminence by the exertions of in- dustrious labour) the portion of civil liberty enjoyed by the middle orders of society was extremely ...small, and the villains were everywhere in a state of servitude. To hinder the peasantry from dis- tinguishing themselves in war, they were never allowed to serve on horseback, and as cavalry was the great strength of their armies, a more effectual method could not have been devised.
Thus the institutions of chivalry were, from the first outset, confined to men of noble birth, and it is evident that knighthood was always esteemed nobility, since no man of what quality CHIVALRY. 121 soever, deemed a knight inferior to himself, and those of the highest birth could not act as noble- men till they had received the honour of knight- hood ; hence it was that in the ancient histo- rians of those times, dukes, marquises, earls, and barons, were all comprehended (when parti- cular praise was meant to be conferred) under the denomination of good, wise, and valiant knights.
What to read after Oxford English Prize Essays volume 2?
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