Courtois comme Olivier - As Courteous as Oliver - Analyzing Roland's Best Friend & His Greatest Virtue

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Courteousness and politeness are often overlooked by most people in terms of virtues, and it is one that can as has been noted by the wise Robert E. Howard as making all the difference between life and death due to Barbarians not tolerating rudeness.

I happen to agree that rudeness is a luxury of civilized people. It is often done casually, and with more…