Jan 28, 2000 · 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 …

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 The old "citizens' armies" of Antiquity had been replaced by professional armies.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 …

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 …

The oldest known examples of fleur-de-lis similar to those used in the Medieval Western world and in modern times can be found on assyrian bas-reliefs from the 3d millenium BC. It is found on tiaras, …

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 …

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 …

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 …

The problem with gules or gueules is the etymology. The French word looks like a plural of the word gueule, from medieval Latin gula, meaning a carnivore animal's mouth. But what could the link be? …

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, …

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.