Is Chivalry Dead?

Though the name and concept seem antiquated, it persists to this day in different forms

Detail from “God Speed” by Edmund Leighton, 1900. Public Domain

Chivalry.

The word summons up different images and meanings for us. Some imagine King Arthur, Sir Galahad, and the other Knights of the Round Table. Some may envision a Victorian gentleman defending a lady’s honor against the insults of a cad. Others may find themselves thinking of men holding a door open for women or drawing out her chair in a restaurant.