Knight | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-03

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00:02:37 1 Etymology
00:05:48 2 Evolution of medieval knighthood
00:05:59 2.1 Pre-Carolingian legacies
00:06:58 2.2 Carolingian age
00:09:15 2.3 Crusades
00:11:15 3 Knightly culture in the Middle Ages
00:11:26 3.1 Training
00:12:44 3.1.1 Page
00:13:52 3.1.2 Squire
00:14:46 3.2 Accolade
00:15:39 3.3 Chivalric code
00:18:43 3.4 Tournaments
00:21:27 3.5 Heraldry
00:22:17 4 Medieval and Renaissance chivalric literature
00:25:04 5 Decline
00:27:05 6 Types of knighthood
00:27:15 6.1 Chivalric orders
00:27:24 6.1.1 Military orders
00:28:38 6.1.2 Honorific orders of knighthood
00:37:47 6.2 Hereditary knighthoods
00:37:56 6.2.1 Continental Europe
00:41:52 6.2.2 Ireland
00:43:05 6.2.3 British baronetcies
00:44:06 6.3 Women in orders of knighthood
00:44:16 6.3.1 England and the United Kingdom
00:47:03 6.3.2 France
00:48:38 6.3.3 Italy
00:49:20 6.3.4 The Low Countries
00:50:12 6.3.5 Spain
00:51:54 7 Notable knights
00:52:04 8 See also
00:52:13 8.1 Counterparts in other cultures



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A knight is a man granted an honorary title of knighthood by a monarch, bishop or other political or religious leader for service to the monarch or a Christian church, especially in a military capacity.
Historically, in Europe, knighthood was conferred upon mounted warriors. During the High Middle Ages, knighthood was considered a class of lower nobility. By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior. Often, a knight was a vassal who served as an elite fighter, a bodyguard or a mercenary  for a lord, with payment in the form of land holdings. The lords trusted the knights, who were skilled in battle on horseback. Knighthood in the Middle Ages was closely linked with horsemanship (and especially the joust) from its origins in the 12th century until its final flowering as a fashion among the high nobility in the Duchy of Burgundy in the 15th century. This linkage is reflected in the etymology of chivalry, cavalier and related terms. The special prestige accorded to mounted warriors in Christendom finds a parallel in the furusiyya in the Muslim world, and the Greek hippeis (ἱππεῖς) and Roman eques of classical antiquity.In the late medieval period, new methods of warfare began to render classical knights in armour obsolete, but the titles remained in many nations. The ideals of chivalry were popularized in medieval literature, particularly the literary cycles known as the Matter of France, relating to the legendary companions of Charlemagne and his men-at-arms, the paladins, and the Matter of Britain, relating to the legend of King Arthur and his knights of the Round Table.
Today, a number of orders of knighthood continue to exist in Christian Churches, as well as in several historically Christian countries and their former territories, such as the Roman Catholic Order of the Holy Sepulchre and Order of Malta, the Protestant Order of Saint John, as well as the English Order of the Garter, the Swedish Royal Order of the Seraphim, and the Royal Norwegian Order of St. Olav. Each of these orders has its own criteria for eligibility, but knighthood is generally granted by a head of state, monarch, or prelate to selected persons to recognise some meritorious achievement, as in the British honours system, often for service to the Church or country. The modern female equivalent in the United Kingdom is Dame.