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... knights , or chevaliers , that the feudal times are styled the ages of chivalry . According to the remarks of several writers , it appears that a species of knighthood existed with them , previous to its being substituted as a dignity ...
... knights , or chevaliers , that the feudal times are styled the ages of chivalry . According to the remarks of several writers , it appears that a species of knighthood existed with them , previous to its being substituted as a dignity ...
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... Knights themselves were likewise empowered to confer this honour ; but neither the prelate nor the knight could legally elevate an individual to this rank , unless he were previously noble . The sovereign of the state possessed alone ...
... Knights themselves were likewise empowered to confer this honour ; but neither the prelate nor the knight could legally elevate an individual to this rank , unless he were previously noble . The sovereign of the state possessed alone ...
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... knights . They also presented them with ribbons , or scarfs , which were termed ladies ' favours . This appears to have been the origin of the ribbons which distinguish so many orders of knighthood . England and France , and there seen ...
... knights . They also presented them with ribbons , or scarfs , which were termed ladies ' favours . This appears to have been the origin of the ribbons which distinguish so many orders of knighthood . England and France , and there seen ...
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... knights , he was to receive a rich bracelet . The English knights also promised to pre- sent the most skilful , if a stranger , with a valuable horse , caparisoned ; and if an Englishman , with a falcon . The English nobility , whose ...
... knights , he was to receive a rich bracelet . The English knights also promised to pre- sent the most skilful , if a stranger , with a valuable horse , caparisoned ; and if an Englishman , with a falcon . The English nobility , whose ...
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... knight ; but after the third blow given , the king stayed the fight . Among those combats , on account of the assumption of armorial bearings , we note the follow- ing , as most remarkable : those between two knights , Har- ding and St ...
... knight ; but after the third blow given , the king stayed the fight . Among those combats , on account of the assumption of armorial bearings , we note the follow- ing , as most remarkable : those between two knights , Har- ding and St ...
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annulets ar.-Crest armour attired badge Baron beaked bend betw bend engr bend gu bezants boars bordure engr bull pass canton charged chequy chev chief gu collared Cornw cottised counterchanged Crest cross crosslets fitchée cross engr cross gu cross pattée crosses formée dancettée Devons dexter hand ducal coronet ducally crowned Earl ensign erect escutcheon Essex etoiles fesse betw fesse gu fleurs-de-lis four fretty gold grand crosses griffin gu.-Crest guard gyronny hand ppr head couped head erased holding honour indented Ireland Kent king knights Linc lion pass lion ramp London mascles Motto mount vert naiant Norf orle pale paly paly of six quarterly Royal Burgh sa.-Crest saltier saltier engr Scotland sejant sinister Suff sword three bars three bezants three cinquefoils three crescents three cross crosslets three eagles displ three escallops three fleurs-de-lis three leopards three lions three martlets three mullets torteauxes wavy
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