Economic Reasons Of The Decline Of Chivalry

The middle ages are the knight's time in Europe, the chivalry is a phenomenon which middle ages Europe is in sole possession of, simultaneously it also is the middle ages Europe important military system. In before research, we have made the thorough discussion to declining of chivalry from the military angle. In the late middle ages, the weapon and army's change, war idea backwardness has finally caused knight's disastrous defeat in battlefield.The chivalry is a kind of military system, so its declining mainly is as a result of it militarily disastrous defeat. But we also should see, the chivalry is a important constituent of feudalism, also is a performance of the feudalism in militarily. Therefore we should not neglect the change in Europe economical domain in the late middle ages has the huge influence to the military system. This article draws up from the economical angle does the preliminary study to the declining of chivalry.The declining of chivalry has the extremely complex reason, including the military, the economy, the religion and so on. In the middle ages, the chivalry is established above Western Europe feudalism economic basis. Europe commercial had an immense development in the lat middle ages, the prosperity of money economy, the emerge of city all slowly are corroding the foundation of chivalry. Subsequently the rising urban aristocracies rely on in the absolute economical superiority to substitute for the status of knight in the Europe society. The shield money implementation urges the knight to transform to the professional soldier. The final knight system has vanished into thin air; the knight only is an empty honor.