February
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/ 2017
In the 14th century, the nine worthies were a list of nine men who were identified as paragons of chivalrous behavior, which included courage and honor in battle. The nine worthies consisted of a triad divided along faith lines: three Pagans, three Jews, and three Christians. Later, lists were created of nine worthy women. The nine worthy women were not as standardized as their male counterparts and were not always divided along the same Pagan-Jewish-Christian rubric either, but they generally represented what was considered virtuous for a woman in the Medieval worldview. Nine Worthy Men [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_original","fid":"32517","attributes":{"alt":"The Three Good Pagans: Hector, Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar, from the woodcut series by Hans Burgkmair, 1519.","class":"media-image","height":"700","style":"width: 487px; height: 700px;","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"487"}}]] The Three Good Pagans
