Before revision: Southern United States The Southern gentleman of the Antebellum South was expected to protect the honor and property of both himself and his family members, acting as a chivalric ideal of the white planter class descended from the knights and Cavaliers of the Medieval and colonial eras.Genovese, Eugene D. “The Chivalric Tradition in the Old South.” The Sewanee Review, vol.
After revision: supposedlySouthern United States The Southern gentleman of the Antebellum South was expected to protect the honor and property of both himself and his family members, acting as a chivalric ideal of the white planter class descended from the knights and Cavaliers of the Medieval and colonial eras.Genovese, Eugene D. “The Chivalric Tradition in the Old South.” The Sewanee Review, vol.