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Konrad von Limpurg as a knight being armed by his lady in the Codex Manesse (early 14th century). Chivalry, or the chivalric language, is an informal and varying code of conduct developed in Europe between 1170 and 1220.
A young WikiKnight is conferred WikiKnighthood by a WikiPrincess.. A WikiKnight or a Homo WikiCniht (from Latin Homo 'person' Hawaiian wikiwiki 'quick' and Old English cniht 'of high military rank') is a Wikipedian who has sworn to defend Wikipedia and uphold the eternal pillars of truth.
A knight is a person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity. [1] [2] The concept of knighthood may have been inspired by the ancient Greek hippeis (ἱππεῖς) and Roman equites. [3]
The crown appearing in the emblem of the order contains 10 rubies, each representing one of the original nine members and the organization's founder, Frank S. Land. Frank S. Land was a member of Ivanhoe Lodge No. 446. The rubies were originally portrayed as pearls; as each founding member died, the pearl representing him was changed to a ruby.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... Didgori: Land of Sacrificed Knights is a 2009 historical film directed by Nikoloz Khomasuridze ...
A knight's fee could be created by the king himself or by one of his tenants-in-chief by separating off an area of land from his own demesne (land held in-hand), which process when performed by the latter was known as subinfeudation, and establishing therein a new manor for the use of a knight who would by the process of enfeoffment become his tenant by paying homage and fealty to his new ...
The Knights also received the "Land of Severin" (Terra de Zeurino), along with the nearby mountains, from Béla IV of Hungary, as shown by a charter of grant issued on 2 June 1247. The Banate of Severin was a march , or border province, of the Kingdom of Hungary between the Lower Danube and the Olt River , today part of Romania, and back then ...
Knight-service was a form of feudal land tenure under which a knight held a fief or estate of land termed a knight's fee (fee being synonymous with fief) from an overlord conditional on him as a tenant performing military service for his overlord.