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- Women Knights - Heraldica
women knights in Medieval and Modern times Women Knights in the Middle Ages Were there women knights in the Middle Ages? Initially I thought not, but further research yielded surprising answers There were two ways anyone could be a knight: by holding land under a knight's fee, or by being made a knight or inducted into an order of knighthood There are examples of both cases for women Female
- Knighthood and Orders of Chivalry - Heraldica
The following pages deal with knights and knighthood, as well as the related concept of order of knighthood, both in its original form as a medieval institution, and its modern form as an award of merit See the introduction for a development of these distinctions
- Knighthood and Chivalry - Heraldica
The Emergence of knights Succintly, a knight was a professional soldier The old "citizens' armies" of Antiquity had been replaced by professional armies This trend was reinforced by the appearance in the 8th century of the stirrup, which made mounted men much more powerful and turned cavalry into the most important element of medieval armies But being a mounted soldier was expensive, since
- Nobility and Titles in France - Heraldica
Nobility was an important legal concept, in particular because of the privileges attached to it Taxes were originally levied to help the sovereign in times of war; and since nobles were expected to provide help in kind, by fighting for their sovereign, they were usually exempted from taxes
- History of Orders of Chivalry: a Survey - Heraldica
a survey of the history of orders of chivalry, from the original military-monastic orders of the eastern and western Crusades to the monarchical orders of the late medieval era and the orders of merit of the modern era
- Unequal and Morganatic Marriages in German Law - Heraldica
As mentioned above, medieval German law knew of three states: noble, free and serf The rules of German law originally prohibited marriages between free and unfree; later, under the influence of Church law which allowed such marriages, they became accepted as marriages, but with the consequence that the children had the status of their unfree
- The French Flags - Heraldica
Prior to 1792 the notion of a French flag is itself fuzzy The use of national emblems, however, can be traced to the crusades, and specifically to the start of the Third Crusade The kings of France and England were in a peace conference in a field between Gisors and Trie, in January 1188, when the archbishop of Tyre arrived with the news of the conquest of Jerusalem by Saladdin, and an
- 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 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)
- The Title of Emperor - Heraldica
The relative simplicity of the style, and, again, the absence of any mention of "Romans", may be in deference to Byzantium, which would soon reach the medieval apex of its power Indeed, Otto was anxious to receive recognition of the emperor in Constantinople
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