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- Women Knights in the Middle Ages - Heraldica
Medieval French had two words, chevaleresse and chevalière, which were used in two ways: one was for the wife of a knight, and this usage goes back to the 14th c The other was as female knight, or so it seems
- Legitimacy and Orders of Knighthood - Heraldica
as medieval military-monastic orders: but the context has completely disappeared; as knightly nobiliary associations: but knighthood as a social class has disappeared; as monarchical or princely associations: but they must then have been created by a monarch or prince it is legally defined to be an order of knighthood
- Order of Precedence in England and Wales - Heraldica
The order in medieval times was knights of the Garter, knights of the Bath, knights bannerets and knights bachelors For the modern orders, precedence is defined in the statutes of the order
- The Fleur-de-Lys - Heraldica
The Fleur-de-lis Stained glass window in the shape of a fleur-de-lys, Bourges cathedral, 15th c Note the various themes: the Trinity, which the 3 petals were understood to recall, is represented; angels are bearing the shield as they are supporters of the arms of France, the dove descending from heaven recalls the legend of the baptism of Clovis when a dove brought the sacred ointment to
- The Oriflamme, Standard of the French kings - Heraldica
The oriflamme was a sacred banner used by the kings of France in the Middle Ages in times of great danger It was distinct from the heraldic banner of the French kings (semis of fleur-de-lys on azure, as expected)
- A Heraldic Tour of the Castle of Saint Peter, Bodrum (Turkey)
The walls of the castle are studded with some 249 coats of arms A lot of the stones used in the construction come from the tomb of king Mausolus (†353 BC) One of the Seven Wonders of the world, its massive construction survived for centuries until an earthquake brought it down in medieval times The knights used the ruins as a quarry
- Proclamations of Accessions of British Sovereigns (1547-1952) - Heraldica
(Source: The Times, May 9, 1910; quoting the supplement to The London Gazette Extraordinary) Whitehall, May 7, 1910 On Friday night, the sixth of May instant, at a quarter to twelve o'clock, our late most gracious Sovereign King Edward the Seventh expired at Buckingham Palace in the sixtyninth year of His age, and the tenth of His reign
- History of Orders of Chivalry: a Survey - Heraldica
For some of the old military-monastic orders, the transition was at times abrupt The Spanish orders, which had lost their primary purpose with the end of the Reconquista in 1492, were quickly brought under royal control, each time with papal assent (Santiago in 1476, Alcantara in 1474, Calatrava in 1489, Avis in 1550, Christ in 1551, Montesa
- Notes on the French Peerage - Heraldica
In medieval times, women who inherited peerages were considered peers, and took place and rank as peers, including in the court of peers In modern times, women peers did not take seat in Parlement as men peers did, but otherwise enjoed the same honors and privileges
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