“There is still life in the tradition which the Middle Ages inaugurated. But the maintenance of that life depends, in part, on knowing that the knightly character is art not nature—something that needs to be achieved, not something that can be relied upon to happen.”
The Necessity of Chivalry
(Published in Time and Tide on 8/17/1940)
FACT: August 17, 2013
The essay now known as “The Necessity of Chivalry” was first published today in 1940 in Time and Tide.
Quote: July 10, 2013
“The knight…is not a compromise or happy mean between ferocity and meekness; he is fierce to the nth and meek to the nth.”
“The Necessity of Chivalry”
(Published in Present Concerns on July 10, 1986)
Retro: July 1st – 10th
Highlights for the first ten days in July are: the release of his landmark nonfiction book, why chivalry is important today and the preface to his first claim to fame is written.
In the early 1950’s Lewis was seeing continual success from his writing. By the middle of 1952 he had experienced significant praise from his venture into children’s literature with two Narnia stories released and a third due out in a few months. But it