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- Knight - Wikipedia
The specific military sense of a knight as a mounted warrior in the heavy cavalry emerges only in the Hundred Years' War The verb "to knight" (to make someone a knight) appears around 1300; and, from the same time, the word "knighthood" shifted from "adolescence" to "rank or dignity of a knight"
- Knight | History, Orders, Facts | Britannica
Knight, now a title of honor bestowed for a variety of services, but originally in the European Middle Ages a formally professed cavalryman The first medieval knights were professional cavalry warriors, some of whom were vassals holding lands as fiefs from the lords in whose armies they served
- KNIGHT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster
The meaning of KNIGHT is a mounted man-at-arms serving a feudal superior; especially : a man ceremonially inducted into special military rank usually after completing service as page and squire
- Medieval Knight - World History Encyclopedia
Requirements to become a knight included an aristocratic birth, training from childhood, money for weapons, horses and squires, and a knowledge of the rules of chivalry
- Medieval Knights – History, Armor Chivalry Explained
How did someone become a knight in the Middle Ages? Boys usually started training as a page around age 7, became squires in their teens, and could be knighted in a formal ceremony after proving themselves in combat and service
- Knights | Medieval Times Dinner Tournament
Knights were medieval gentleman-soldiers, usually high-born, raised by a sovereign to privileged military status after training as a page and squire Originally knights were attendants or specialized foot-soldiers, but the status of knights was elevated around 800 A D
- How Knights Work - HowStuffWorks
Knights were medieval warriors that were highly trained from a young age Learn about knights and the process of training to become a medieval knight
- KNIGHT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
a man given a rank of honour by a head of state in some countries because of his special achievements In the UK and some Commonwealth countries, he has the right to use the title "Sir": He is expected to be made a knight for his work at the Bank of England
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