A report on Accolade, Order of the Bath and Knight

The Accolade (1901), by Edmund Leighton
Civil Knight Grand Cross Star of The Most Honourable Order of the Bath
A 14th century depiction of the 13th century German knight Hartmann von Aue, from the Codex Manesse.
King John II of France in a ceremony of "adoubement", early 15th century miniature
Coat of arms of the British monarch as sovereign of the Order of the Bath
A Norman knight slaying Harold Godwinson (Bayeux tapestry, c. 1070). The rank of knight developed in the 12th century from the mounted warriors of the 10th and 11th centuries.
Accolade performed by Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands during the Military Order of William ceremony of Marco Kroon in 2009
Mildmay Fane, 2nd Earl of Westmorland, KB, with sash, c.1630.
The battle between the Turks and Christian knights during the Ottoman wars in Europe
King George VI knights General Oliver Leese in the field, 1944. Note the knighting-stool.
Sir Robert Walpole, the first Prime Minister, who used the Order of the Bath as a source of political patronage
David I of Scotland knighting a squire
Admiral Lord Rodney (appointed a Knight Companion in 1780) wearing the riband and star of the Order
The miles Christianus allegory (mid-13th century), showing a knight armed with virtues and facing the vices in mortal combat. The parts of his armour are identified with Christian virtues, thus correlating essential military equipment with the religious values of chivalry: The helmet is spes futuri gaudii (hope of future bliss), the shield (here the shield of the Trinity) is fides (faith), the armour is caritas (charity), the lance is perseverantia (perseverance), the sword is verbum Dei (the word of God), the banner is regni celestis desiderium (desire for the kingdom of heaven), the horse is bona voluntas (good will), the saddle is Christiana religio (Christian religion), the saddlecloth is humilitas (humility), the reins are discretio (discretion), the spurs are disciplina (discipline), the stirrups are propositum boni operis (proposition of good work), and the horse's four hooves are delectatio, consensus, bonum opus, consuetudo (delight, consent, good work, and exercise).
Admiral of the Fleet Sir George Callaghan wearing the insignia of a military Companion of the Order
Tournament from the Codex Manesse, depicting the mêlée
Sir Alexander Milne (1808–1896) was concurrently KCB (civil division) and GCB (military division); he is pictured wearing both sets of insignia.
Elements of a harness of the late style of Gothic plate armour that was a popular style in the mid 15th to early 16th century (depiction made in the 18th century)
Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Johns in his dress uniform, wearing the star, ribbon, and badge of a military Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath.
Page from King René's Tournament Book (BnF Ms Fr 2695)
Prince Albert, the Prince Consort, Great Master 1843–1861. During the 19th century, Knights Grand Cross wore their mantles over imitations of 17th-century dress. They now wear them over contemporary attire.
The Battle of Pavia in 1525. Landsknecht mercenaries with arquebus.
Sash and star of Grand Cross, civil division
Fortified house – a family seat of a knight (Schloss Hart by the Harter Graben near Kindberg, Austria)
Admiral Sir George Zambellas KCB (military division)
The Battle of Grunwald between Poland-Lithuania and the Teutonic Knights in 1410
An embroidered representation, or "chaton", of the star of the civil division of the Order
Pippo Spano, the member of the Order of the Dragon
The insignia of a Knight Grand Cross of the civil division of the order
The English fighting the French knights at the Battle of Crécy in 1346
Mantle of the Order
Miniature from Jean Froissart Chronicles depicting the Battle of Montiel (Castilian Civil War, in the Hundred Years' War)
The insignia of a Knight Grand Cross of the military division of the order
A modern artistic rendition of a chevalière of the Late Middle Ages.
Star and neck badge of a Knight Commander of the civil division of the order
A battle of the Reconquista from the Cantigas de Santa Maria
Westminster Abbey with a procession of Knights of the Bath, by Canaletto, 1749
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Coat of arms of the Marquess of Carisbrooke (1886–1960) with the circlet and collar as Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
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Coat of arms of the Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter Squire, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath
The Battle of Pavia in 1525. Landsknecht mercenaries with arquebus.
Star, Knight Grand Cross Military Division
Neck badge, awarded to Cecil Fane de Salis (1859-1948) in 1935
Star, awarded to Cecil Fane de Salis
Star and neck Badge awarded to Sir Charles Taylor du Plat
Medal Ribbon of the Order of the Bath
Banners of the senior Knights and Dames Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath in the Henry VII Lady Chapel in Westminster Abbey

The accolade (also known as dubbing or adoubement) (benedictio militis) was the central act in the rite of passage ceremonies conferring knighthood in the Middle Ages.

- Accolade

The name derives from the elaborate medieval ceremony for appointing a knight, which involved bathing (as a symbol of purification) as one of its elements.

- Order of the Bath

It was this accolade which was the essential act in creating a knight, and a simpler ceremony developed, conferring knighthood merely by striking or touching the knight-to-be on the shoulder with a sword, or "dubbing" him, as is still done today.

- Order of the Bath

There are currently eleven different knighthoods being bestowed: Knights Bachelor, Knights Commanders and Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire, Royal Victorian Order, Order of Saint Michael and Saint George and Order of the Bath, Knights Companions of the Order of the Thistle and the Order of the Garter.

- Accolade

Since the reign of Edward VII a clerk in holy orders in the Church of England has not normally received the accolade on being appointed to a degree of knighthood.

- Knight

the Order of the Bath, founded by George I in 1725

- Knight
The Accolade (1901), by Edmund Leighton

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