cavalier
The term gentleman (fr. Chevalier , cavalier , ital. Cavaliere or (historically) cavalier , Eng. Cavalier ) comes from the Latin word caballarius , the groom does (to caballus horse , stallion , horse ). Originally it stood for a rider , later for a knight or a man more knightly, i.e. H. of noble origin. Since the baroque period it has generally been used to describe noble men with knightly virtues, often narrowed down to the meaning of "protector of women". Later Kavalier simply referred to the companion of a lady, in the end gentlemen with polite manners towards women.
English Civil War
In the English Civil War (1642–1649), "Cavalier" was the party name for the supporters of King Charles I. The Cavaliers mockingly referred to their republican opponents as "round heads" . The Cavaliers were mostly large landowners and, as royalists, campaigned for the privileges of the crown and the preservation of the Anglican Church . From the end of the 17th century, the Tories carried on the political tradition of the Cavaliers in parliament .
painter
Some Italian painters are or have gone down in history as "Cavalier", for example the Cavalier d'Arpino is much better known under his actual name Giuseppe Cesari than under Cavalier d'Arpino . He was so named because he had been awarded an Order of the Knights of Christ by the Pope . Mattia Preti was commonly known as the Cavalier Calabrese after becoming a Knight of Malta .
literature
- Volker Wieprecht, Robert Skuppin: The lexicon of things that have disappeared. 2nd edition, Rowohlt, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-87134-639-2 .
