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M. Eversberg II
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I had figured "Knight in Shining Armor" was a reference to "white" armor.
M.
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Ed Toton
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I had always assumed that the term was a modern one... perhaps another "gift" left to us from the Victorian era. I'd love to hear about a historical precedent if it exists.
-Ed T. Toton III
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John Love
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| Ed Toton wrote: | | I had always assumed that the term was a modern one... perhaps another "gift" left to us from the Victorian era. I'd love to hear about a historical precedent if it exists. |
This is a summary of the phrase "Knight in Shining Armour" from The Phrase Finder website:
(http://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/knight-in-shining-armour.html)
The earliest references that I've found to the phrase in print date from the early 19th century. That's in The History of Charles the Great and Orlando, by Thomas Rodd, 1812. The line appears in the romantic poem The Ancient Ballad of Prince Baldwin:
Hark! the martial trumpets sounding.
For the gallant fete prepare;
Many a Knight in shining armour
Shews his dauntless prowess there.
Whatever the origin of the phrase, it seems completely appropriate for your beautiful suit of armour Anders.
Regards,
John.
And at one side a sword and buckler
And at the other side a dagger bright
The Yeoman - Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
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