Knighthood is the honorary title granted to a knight by a head of state or a representative of one, in recognition of service to a monarch, a church or a country, especially in a military capacity. The source lead supports only this definition, so no further claim is added here (ruling 678); the wider institutional history of chivalric orders is a depth-wave gap. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Knighthood was the military and social institution through which feudal lords secured mounted warriors bound to them by oaths of fealty and land tenure.
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A knight typically held his status as a vassal, owing military service to a lord in exchange for land or maintenance under the vassalage relationship.
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In the Early Middle Ages in Western Christian Europe, knighthood was conferred upon mounted warriors.
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A knight is a person granted an honorary title of a 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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In the Early Middle Ages in Western Christian Europe, knighthood was conferred upon mounted warriors.
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A knight is a person granted an honorary title of a knighthood by a head of state (including the pope) or representative for service to the monarch, the church, or the country, especially in a military capacity.
Associated With: Peerage, History and evolution of medieval knighthood section
During the High Middle Ages, knighthood was considered a class of petty nobility.
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