# The Junior Classics, Volume 4: Heroes and heroines of chivalry Author: Patten, William, 1868-1936 [Editor] Genre: Children's Anthologies Language: English License: Public domain Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6323 Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Junior+Classics%2C+Volume+4%3A+Heroes+and+heroines+of+chivalry+Patten&tag=cyberlibrar00-20 ## Summary The word chivalry is taken from the French cheval, a horse. A knight was a young man, the son of a good family, who was allowed to wear arms. In the story "How the Child of the Sea was made Knight," we are told how a boy of twelve became a page to the queen, and in the opening pages of the story "The Adventures of Sir Gareth," we get a glimpse of a young man growing up at the court of King Arthur. It was not an easy life, that of a boy who wished to become a knight, but it made a man of him. He was taken at an early age, sometimes when only seven years old, to the castle of the king or knight he was to serve. He first became a page or valet, and, under the instruction of a governor, was t... ## Chapters - [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/13/index.md) - [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/10/index.md) - [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/8/index.md) - [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/11/index.md) - [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/20/index.md) - [Chapter 28](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/28/index.md) - [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/9/index.md) - [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/18/index.md) - [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/22/index.md) - [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/5/index.md) - [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/12/index.md) - [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/7/index.md) - [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/17/index.md) - [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/21/index.md) - [Chapter 27](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/27/index.md) - [Chapter 30](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/30/index.md) - [Chapter 26](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/26/index.md) - [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/2/index.md) - [Chapter 29](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/29/index.md) - [Chapter 25](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/25/index.md) - [Chapter 24](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/24/index.md) - [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/3/index.md) - [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/19/index.md) - [Chapter 23](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/23/index.md) - [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/6/index.md) - [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/4/index.md) - [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/1/index.md) - [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/16/index.md) - [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/14/index.md) - [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/15/index.md) - [Chapter 31](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-junior-classics-volume-4-heroes-and-heroines-of-chivalry-6323/chapters/31/index.md)