Where does chivalry come from?

            
       The word chivalry comes from the word chevalier, which is the french word for knight. Chivalry emerged in the 12^th century and fell apart in the middle ages. I know this doesn't seem like much time for such an important idea, but if you really lived in this time,you would know that it was around for many generations. Chivalry was a profession and was made up of people who could afford the armor weapons horse etc. In the 12^th  century social an ethical things were added to the code of chivalry. most knights who followed chivalry were nobles or rich farmers. Chivalry was baled on the evolution of the mounted warrior.
 
           Originally the Latin referred to the army as a whole, Calvary and foot soldiers alike. The ideas of chivalry and knighthood remained unthought of through the middle ages. In the middle ages knights only played a minimal role in battle but without the knights the armies would would loose many more men. When I first read this I was surprised at how long if took the people to make knights so important because armies could become much more efficient if they just thought fo the code of chivalry sooner.