Knight
Person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a head of state or representative for service to the monarch, the church or the country, especially in a military capacity.
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Furusiyya
Historical Arabic term for equestrian martial exercise.
Historical Arabic term for equestrian martial exercise.
The term fāris (فارس) for "horseman" consequently adopted qualities comparable to the Western knight or chevalier ("cavalier").
Order of St. George (Habsburg-Lorraine)
The Order of St. George – a European Order of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine (St.
The Order of St. George – a European Order of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine (St.
Vinzenz Stimpfl-Abele, procurator of the Order, goes back to Bernhard von Clairvaux to consider the importance of the Order and the knights in the 21st century.
El Cid
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (c.
Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar (c.
Andalusi Knights found El Cid their foe ill, thirsty and exiled from the court of Alfonso, he was presented before the elderly Yusuf al-Mu'taman ibn Hud and accepted command of the forces of the Taifa of Zaragoza as their Master.
Francis Drake
Sir Francis Drake (c.
Sir Francis Drake (c.
![This portrait, circa 1581, may have been copied from Hilliard's [[:Image:Sfdrake42.jpg|miniature]]—note the similar shirt—and the somewhat oddly-proportioned body, added by an artist who did not have access to Drake. National Portrait Gallery, London.](https://hyperleap.com/images/386bbbb0215024f638ea2282d3e29474/200-3f3e8db133dd1324d60ae8ce85e80263.jpg)
Elizabeth I awarded Drake a knighthood in 1581 which he received on the Golden Hind in Deptford.
The Knight's Tale
First tale from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.
First tale from Geoffrey Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.
Two cousins and knights, Palamon and Arcite, are captured and imprisoned by Theseus, duke of Athens, after being found unconscious following his battle against Creon.
William Wallace
Sir William Wallace (Uilleam Uallas, ; Norman French: William le Waleys; c. 127023 August 1305) was a Scottish knight who became one of the main leaders during the First War of Scottish Independence.
John Hawkwood
English soldier who served as a mercenary leader or condottiero in Italy.
English soldier who served as a mercenary leader or condottiero in Italy.
Although Hawkwood was knighted, there is no clear evidence by whom or where.
Tabard
Type of short coat that was commonly worn by men during the late Middle Ages and early modern period in Europe.
Type of short coat that was commonly worn by men during the late Middle Ages and early modern period in Europe.
By the second half of the 15th century, tabards, now open at the sides and so usually belted, were also being worn by knights in military contexts over their armour, and were usually emblazoned with their arms (though sometimes worn plain).
Georg von Trapp
Officer in the Austro-Hungarian Navy who later became the patriarch of the Trapp Family Singers.
Officer in the Austro-Hungarian Navy who later became the patriarch of the Trapp Family Singers.
Trapp married Agathe Gobertina Whitehead, the first daughter and third child of Countess Agathe Gobertina von Breunner-Enckevoirth (1856–1945), Austro-Hungarian nobility, and Cavaliere (Knight) John Whitehead (1854-1902), son of Robert Whitehead (1823–1905) who invented the modern torpedo and a partner at the family's Fiume Whitehead Torpedo Factory (not, as frequently stated, a niece of the British Government minister St. John Brodrick).
Pas d'armes
Type of chivalric hastilude that evolved in the late 14th century and remained popular through the 15th century.
Type of chivalric hastilude that evolved in the late 14th century and remained popular through the 15th century.
It involved a knight or group of knights (tenans or "holders") who would stake out a traveled spot, such as a bridge or city gate, and let it be known that any other knight who wished to pass (venans or "comers") must first fight, or be disgraced.