[Ravensfort] Chevalier?

[HerrDetlef]

Out of curiosity, what does the word "Chevalier" have to do with church?

"Cheval" is an old French word for "horse." It's also the root for the word
"chivalry." Originally, "chivalry" meant "horsemanship," but economic
conditions restricted the ownership of horses to the upper classes, so
"chivalry" came to indicate those qualities and manners associated with the
best of upper class society--particularly, with those warriors who fought on
horseback. (The German word for "knight" is "Ritter," which literally means
"rider.")

I remember we used to call Sir John the Plein of Shearn the "Premiere
Chevalier" of Ansteorra...he was the first knight dubbed by an Ansteorran
king.

Grabrum nav Felted

On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 7:43 PM, Berta Allen <bertasdragonfly at yahoo.com>wrote:

>   Yes,  Chevalier of the Fort = the Church of the Horse in the Fort (of
> course!)
>
> regards,
> ~chrystal~
>  *Faire Winds and Following Seas*
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> --- On *Fri, 8/5/11, Sher M <runa.herd at earthlink.net>* wrote:
>
>  Therapy fried my brain today.  I looked up the word to make sure and it
> deals with church so then I was TOTALLY confused.
>
> Lady Runa of The Thundering Herd
> Barony of Raven's Fort
> Knight Marshal
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> *Sent:* Friday, August 05, 2011 3:05 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Ravensfort] Chevalier?
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> Yes it is!
>
> On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 3:04 PM, Sher M <runa.herd at earthlink.net<http://us.mc1138.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=runa.herd@earthlink.net>
> > wrote:
>
> **
> Is that our Equestrian?
>
> Runa
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