Book of Chivalry member of the nobility to one of the most respected knights in France, especially under the kingship of Jean II of France. Jean created the Company of the Star in 1352, intending the chivalric order to outshine that of his rival, Edward III of England, who had shortly before created the Order of the Garter. Charny was promptly made a member of the Company of the Star, and it is believed that he wrote his "Book of Chivalry" in this context. However, the Company began to lose members immediately due to losses on the battlefield, both in civil wars and
Order of Saint Joachim Order of Saint Joachim The Order of Saint Joachim was an order of chivalry founded in 1755 to promote religious tolerance in Europe. It is unclear whether an existing modern order of the same name "reorganized" in 1948 is a continuation of the original order or is a 20th-century revival. At present the order is said to primarily carry out charity work and it is considered to be a "self-styled order" by the International Commission on Orders of Chivalry. Admiral Horatio Nelson, accepted the Grand Cross of the order in 1802. The "Equestrian, Secular and Chapterial Order of Saint Joachim"