Meekness Is a Martial Virtue
In Addition to Being a Gentlemanly One
In “The Necessity of Chivalry,” CS Lewis uses the term meekness to capture the gentle and courteous side of the Christian defender. Meekness pairs with ferocity to form the “double demand [chivalry] makes on human nature”:
The knight is a man of blood and iron, a man familiar with the sight of smashed faces and the ragged stumps of lopped-off limbs; he i…
