Nine Worthies - Revision history

Eachuinn: Added the Nine Worthies and Nine Worthy Women of the Known World. Note: in the original works cited, Duchess Rowan is the fifth Worthy in each list.

2008-12-08T03:06:02Z

Added the Nine Worthies and Nine Worthy Women of the Known World. Note: in the original works cited, Duchess Rowan is the fifth Worthy in each list.

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 The three [[pagan]] or Ancient worthies were classical figures, the three [[Jewish]] or Biblical worthies were mentioned in the Old Testament and the three [[Christian]] or "Modern" worthies were more contemporary figures.
-While the Nine Worthies were, and have survived, as a fixed list recognized as authoritative, lists of Nine Worthy Women, where they exist, vary one from another.
+While the Nine Worthies were, and have survived, as a fixed list recognized as authoritative, medieval lists of Nine Worthy Women, where they exist, vary one from another.
-==The Worthies==
+== The Worthies ==
 *Pagan Worthies
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 **[[Godfrey of Bouillon]]
-==The Worthy Women==
+== The Worthy Women ==
 Culled from a variety of sources, a representative list of the medieval Nine Worthy Women is
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 **[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_of_Hungary Saint Elizabeth]

Eachuinn: Added a representative list of Worthy Women

2008-12-08T00:52:44Z

Added a representative list of Worthy Women

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 **[[Charlemagne]]
 **[[Godfrey of Bouillon]]
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Eachuinn: Typo fix.

2008-12-04T20:36:27Z

Typo fix.

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	The '''Nine Worthies''' were nine historical figures chosen by Jean de Longuyon in his ''Voeux du Paon'' in the early [[14th century]] as archetypes of [[chivalry]]. They are divided into three groups of three. Caxton, in his introduction to the first edition of Mallory's ''Morte d'Arthur'' specifically cites the Nine Worthies to place Mallory's work in context.		The '''Nine Worthies''' were nine historical figures chosen by Jean de Longuyon in his ''Voeux du Paon'' in the early [[14th century]] as archetypes of [[chivalry]]. They are divided into three groups of three. Caxton, in his introduction to the first edition of Mallory's ''Morte d'Arthur'', specifically cites the Nine Worthies to place Mallory's work in context.

	The three [[pagan]] or Ancient worthies were classical figures, the three [[Jewish]] or Biblical worthies were mentioned in the Old Testament and the three [[Christian]] or "Modern" worthies were more contemporary figures.		The three [[pagan]] or Ancient worthies were classical figures, the three [[Jewish]] or Biblical worthies were mentioned in the Old Testament and the three [[Christian]] or "Modern" worthies were more contemporary figures.

Eachuinn: Added reference to the Nine Worthy Women, added references to Ancient, Biblical and Modern Worthies. More to come!

2008-12-04T20:35:59Z

Added reference to the Nine Worthy Women, added references to Ancient, Biblical and Modern Worthies. More to come!

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	The '''Nine Worthies''' were nine historical figures chosen by Jean de Longuyon in his ''Voeux du Paon'' in the early [[14th century]] as archetypes of [[chivalry]]. They are divided into three groups of three. ~~The~~ ~~three~~ ~~[[pagan]]~~ ~~worthies~~ ~~were~~ ~~classical~~ ~~figures,~~ ~~the~~ ~~three~~ ~~[[Jewish]]~~ ~~worthies~~ ~~were~~ ~~mentioned~~ in the ~~Old~~ ~~Testament~~ ~~and~~ ~~the~~ ~~three~~ ~~[[Christian]]~~ ~~worthies were more contemporary~~ ~~figures~~.		The '''Nine Worthies''' were nine historical figures chosen by Jean de Longuyon in his ''Voeux du Paon'' in the early [[14th century]] as archetypes of [[chivalry]]. They are divided into three groups of three. Caxton, in his introduction to the first edition of Mallory's ''Morte d'Arthur'' specifically cites the Nine Worthies to place Mallory's work in context.

			The three [[pagan]] or Ancient worthies were classical figures, the three [[Jewish]] or Biblical worthies were mentioned in the Old Testament and the three [[Christian]] or "Modern" worthies were more contemporary figures.

			While the Nine Worthies were, and have survived, as a fixed list recognized as authoritative, lists of Nine Worthy Women, where they exist, vary one from another.

	==The Worthies==		==The Worthies==

User 144: categorising

2006-05-22T10:33:38Z

categorising

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	**[[Charlemagne]]		**[[Charlemagne]]
	**[[Godfrey of Bouillon]]		**[[Godfrey of Bouillon]]
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Conrad Leviston at 13:17, 31 August 2004

2004-08-31T13:17:21Z

New page

The '''Nine Worthies''' were nine historical figures chosen by Jean de Longuyon in his ''Voeux du Paon'' in the early [[14th century]] as archetypes of [[chivalry]]. They are divided into three groups of three. The three [[pagan]] worthies were classical figures, the three [[Jewish]] worthies were mentioned in the Old Testament and the three [[Christian]] worthies were more contemporary figures.

==The Worthies==

*Pagan Worthies
**Hector
**[[Alexander the Great]]
**[[Julius Caesar]]
*Jewish Worthies
**Joshua
**David
**Judas Maccabeus
*Christian Worthies
**[[King Arthur]]
**[[Charlemagne]]
**[[Godfrey of Bouillon]]