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In the European Middle Ages, a formally professed cavalryman, generally a vassal holding land as a fief from the lord he served (see feudalism ).
At about 7 a boy bound for knighthood became a page, then at 12 a damoiseau ("lordling"), varlet, or valet, and subsequently a shieldbearer or esquire. When judged ready, he was dubbed knight by his lord in a solemn ceremony. The Christian ideal of knightly behavior (see chivalry ) required devotion to the church, loyalty to military and feudal superiors, and preservation of personal honor. By the 16th century knighthood had become honorific rather than feudal or military.
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Baer Karl Ernst knight von
Ritter knight von Gluck
Knight Frank Hyneman
Lamarck Jean Baptiste de Monet knight de
Lopez Knight Nancy
Meinong Alexius Ritter knight von Handschuchsheim
Schönerer Georg knight von
Julius Wagner knight von Jauregg
Knights of Labor
Knights of Malta
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Chevalier Maurice