Women Knights in the Middle Ages - Heraldica
2000年1月28日 · Medieval French had two words, chevaleresse and chevalière, which were used in two ways: one was for the wife of a knight, and this usage goes back to the 14th c. The …
Nobility and Titles in France - Heraldica
The first category also requires that the first traceable ancestor be a knight. Further refinements can of course be made: feudal nobility is made of families whose existence is known in feudal …
Legitimacy and Orders of Knighthood - Heraldica
as medieval military-monastic orders: but the context has completely disappeared; as knightly/nobiliary associations: but knighthood as a social class has disappeared; as …
The Fleur-de-Lys - Heraldica
The Fleur-de-lis. Stained glass window in the shape of a fleur-de-lys, Bourges cathedral, 15th c. Note the various themes: the Trinity, which the 3 petals were understood to recall, is …
Order of Precedence in England and Wales - Heraldica
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.
The Oriflamme, Standard of the French kings - Heraldica
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 …
Proclamations of Accessions of British Sovereigns (1547-1952)
(Source: The Times, June 21, 1837; quoting the supplement to The London Gazette, June 20, 1837). Whitehall, June 20. On Tuesday morning, June 20th inst., at 12 minutes past 2 o'clock, …
Knighthood and Chivalry - Heraldica
In modern society, only a very few orders survive from the times of the Crusades, and most "orders of knighthood" awarded by sovereigns or governments (such as the English Garter or …
Regulation of Heraldry in England
Modern Times; Introduction. The regulation of English heraldry between 1530 and 1688 has led many writers to project back into the Middle Ages concepts and beliefs of later times. In …
Notes on the French Peerage - Heraldica
In medieval times, women who inherited peerages were considered peers, and took place and rank as peers, including in the court of peers. In modern times, women peers did not take seat …