Excerpt from Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Adjoining Countries, Vol. 1: From the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward II to the Coronation of Henry IVInstead of that habitual indulgence, which gave rise to polygamy and all its baneful consequences, chivalry imposed those wholesome restraints and forbearances which, at an earlier period, had produced such beneficial results among the Germanic tribes, it taught the youth of both sexes to set marriage before them as an honorable and holy estate, to be entered upon after a series of trials had proved that the youth ful warrior was worthy of the object of his choice, and his fair one faithful. And though some may cavil at the romance by which love was nurtured and led on, there are few persons, we believe, who would wish to rend the silver cords with which beauty and valor were united in chivalry, and who cannot enter into its spirit.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.