The Nine Worthies were personalities established in the Middle Ages who were said to represent the ideals of chivalry. Which 'tamer of horses' and heroic defender from Greek mythology is missing in the Pagans section? Pagans: ___, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar Old Testament Jews: Joshua, David, Judas Maccabeus Chivalric Christian Heroes: King Arthur, Charlemagne, Godfrey of Bouillon
The Cloisters sewn together during a long reassembly process. The chivalric figures represent the scriptural and legendary Nine Worthies, who consist of three pagans (Hector, Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar), three Jews (Joshua, David and Judas Maccabeus) and three Christians (King Arthur, Charlemagne and Godfrey of Bouillon). Of these, five figures survive: Hector, Caesar, Joshua, David and Arthur. They have been described as representing "in their variety, the highest level of a rich and powerful social structure of later fourteenth-century France". The "Hunt of the Unicorn" room can be entered from the hall containing the "Nine Heroes" via an early 16th-century
Nine Worthies Judas Maccabeus) and three Christians (King Arthur, Charlemagne, and Godfrey of Bouillon). They were first described in the early fourteenth century, by Jacques de Longuyon in his "Voeux du Paon" (1312). Their selection, as Johan Huizinga pointed out, betrays a close connection with the romance genre of chivalry. Neatly divided into a triad of triads, these men were considered to be paragons of chivalry within their particular traditions, whether Pagan, Jewish, or Christian. Longuyon's choices soon became a common theme in the literature and art of the Middle Ages and earned a permanent place in the popular consciousness. The medieval