EARLY MIDDLE AGES KNIGHT’S ETHOS IN NARRATION OF DHUODA FROM SEPTIMANIA (803–843)

Abstract

This article is concerned about ethic history and ethos of the knights. It guides reader to middle ages in which the elements of knights codex were crystallized. Carolingian state created characteristic kind of military elite. Forming feudal system led to rised a system of interplays which the central point was military attention towards the senior. The Carolingian warrior announced the early middle ages knights. Wars of Charles the Great was wars concerning about holy order. Himself in line of current people belief stand in a row with bibles lords. It believed that his political activity is inspired by Divine Providence. According with this activity there were also evidently large-scale 'mission works' which was carrying proselytize and propagate Christianity as well. The carolingian warrior closely correspond with later knight of Crusades. The main base of analysis relating to conceptions of early middle ages knight ethos will be the masterpiece of carolingian writer – Dhuoda from Septimania – Liber manualis – Textbook. This work was written for adolescent son of the author and was a specific guidebook of upstanding behaviour for aristocrat. This document is an example of early knight codex.