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The Arthurian legend features many characters, including the Knights of the Round Table and members of King Arthur's family. Their names often differ from version to version and from language to language. The following is a list of characters with descriptions.
The earliest recorded instance of the word paladin in the English language dates to 1592, in Delia (Sonnet XLVI) by Samuel Daniel. [1] It entered English through the Middle French word paladin, which itself derived from the Latin palatinus, ultimately from the name of Palatine Hill — also translated as 'of the palace' in the Frankish title of Mayor of the Palace. [1]
Knights of the Middle Ages. During the High Middle Ages , knighthood was considered a class of lower nobility . The main article for this category is Knight .
The word knight, from Old English cniht ("boy" or "servant"), [10] is a cognate of the German word Knecht ("servant, bondsman, vassal"). [11] This meaning, of unknown origin, is common among West Germanic languages (cf Old Frisian kniucht, Dutch knecht, Danish knægt, Swedish knekt, Norwegian knekt, Middle High German kneht, all meaning "boy ...
Vasilisa Mikulishna (1975, by Roman Davydov), an animated adaptation of a bylina of the same name. Prince Vladimir (Князь Владимир, 2006) also combines real medieval history with fantasy and folklore. Last Knight (2017), a comedy film that deconstructs Russian folklore.
The King with the Hundred Knights (Old French: Roi des Cent Chevaliers, sometimes translated as the "King of the Hundred Knights") is a moniker commonly used in for a character that has appeared under different given names in various works of Arthurian romance, including as Malaguin (Aguignier, Aguigens, Aguigniez, Aguysans, Alguigines ...
The two names are derived from addobbo, the old name for decoration, and corredo, meaning equipment. [1] These were knights who could afford elaborate clothes, armor and equipment for themselves, their charger and their palfrey. [2] The term "cavaliere", or knight, applied to anyone who fought on horseback, from nobles to peasants. [3]
The martial skills of the knight carried over to the practice of the hunt, and hunting expertise became an important aspect of courtly life in the later medieval period (see terms of venery). Related to chivalry was the practice of heraldry and its elaborate rules of displaying coats of arms as it emerged in the High Middle Ages .