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The cavalieri bagnati, or knights of the bath, were invested with elaborate ceremonies in which they were washed of all impurities. The cavalieri di scudo, or knights of the shield, were men who had been made knights by princes or states. The cavalieri d'arme, or knights of arms, were soldiers who were created knights before or after a battle.
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The history of Italy in the Middle Ages can be roughly defined as the time between the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and the Italian Renaissance. Late antiquity in Italy lingered on into the 7th century under the Ostrogothic Kingdom and the Byzantine Empire under the Justinian dynasty, the Byzantine Papacy until the mid 8th century.
12th-century Italian nobility (69 P) 13th-century Italian nobility (71 P) ... Dukes of Spoleto (4 C, 15 P) K. Medieval Italian knights (16 P)
Medieval Italian knights (16 P) O. Orders of chivalry of Italy (1 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Italian knights" The following 10 pages are in this category, out of 10 ...
The Norman conquest of southern Italy lasted from 999 to 1194, involving many battles and independent conquerors. In 1130, the territories in southern Italy united as the Kingdom of Sicily, which included the island of Sicily, the southern third of the Italian Peninsula (except Benevento, which was briefly held twice), the archipelago of Malta, and parts of North Africa.
Fulco of Basacers (floruit 1083–1120) was an Italo-Norman knight and landholder with considerable possessions in the Val di Crati in Calabria.The seat of his lordship was "Brahalla", a place or castle that no longer exists.
Galgano Guidotti (1148 – 3 December 1181) [a] was a Catholic saint from Tuscany born in Chiusdino, in the modern province of Siena, Italy.His mother's name was Dionigia, while his father's name (Guido or Guidotto) only appeared in a document dated in the 16th century, when the last name Guidotti was attributed.