ATILA SINKE GUIMARÃES, in this older entry at Tradition in Action, contends that the medieval knight succumbed to vanity:

This was the means the Revolution used to change the humble and serene medieval man turned toward the glory of God into a proud and superficial peacock absorbed in himself and his own exploits and talents, spending a considerable amount of his time catching up with the latest fashions. This is how the medieval man became the Renaissance man.

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