Posts Tagged ‘antarah’

Antarah ibn Shaddad and the Origins of Chivalry in Pre-Islamic Arabia

December 30th, 2021

Jesus is King

When you think of concepts like honor, courtly love, and noblesse oblige, you likely conjure up images of European knights in steel-plate armor, mounted on giant destriers. European dress, European arms, and European mounts. These knights (in their real and fictional forms) may be dueling for a lady’s honor, saving a damsel in distress from […]