(12-19-2014, 06:53 PM)MikoBehnen Wrote: While, yes on the cavalryman thing... That's not all they did. I've never read anywhere that they did anything sexual (sorry if that was somehow implied) but they were trained in courtly manors and would serve as social escorts at things like balls (not just travel) so women wouldn't be seen alone.
So no, not = male courtesan exactly but also no, not "totally wrong."
(give me a few to find them and I can cite the books ^_^Â )Â
I'm terribly sorry, but I'm french, I know the story of my country and I know about chevaliers. You're totally wrong when it comes to this or it's really really reaaaaaaally bad translation of another word (I'm blaming your book there, not you).
And again, no chevalier during the 18th century. "Chevaliers" ceased to exist at the begining of the 16th century (and there were really few after the 14th Century). At the end of the Middle Ages in France.
You might confund "courtesan" with "courtois" which is a term which was applied to the chevalier.. But not directly linked to french chevaliers, but as a derivative of what rules are supposed to follow the Knights of the Round Table from "Chrétien de Troyes" but that ideal is coming from England.. And from the 12th Century.
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