Looking around at the world, you might be overwhelmed with all the sad things going on. In one corner there are stray dogs and in another there are pennies that are never picked up off the ground and all their good luck is going to waste. In addition, there is the idea that boys don't adhere to the standards set by medieval knights. But, ladies, I am here to share good news - chivalry is not dead! The boys of our day practice chivalry in an assortment of ways, the most popular being the notorious “hover hand.”
The hover hand has a long history that begins in the Middle Ages. Most knights lived alone because they were not the oldest son, so they were not able to get any inheritance. Therefore, they stayed away from women. They had to do this because they didn't have any land of their own to raise a family on, so they typically would never get married themselves.
Time went on and land was not inherited by just the oldest son anymore. Therefore, all men could get married because they had an opportunity to get land for a family. However, the knights were not used to being allowed to go near women. But because these men had been raised to follow the code of chivalry, they didn't know how to stop following it, for it was so ingrained into their personality.
Thus marks the start of the hover hand: knights and ladies began to get married. While women had no problem getting close to and hugging the men, knightly men kept a small distance between themselves and the woman, a sign that they still follow the code of chivalry they had been raised to follow.
In the modern day, in a world of stray dogs and wasted pennies, it's hard to see the chivalry all around you. But boys everywhere are still implementing the hover hand, an invention of the medieval knights themselves! If you ever see a hover hand, you can be sure that chivalry is not dead!
(The history of the hover hand cannot be backed up by actual facts, but this is as close as we can get.)
