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knight

vr.tr.knight · SOC.PER

Let an agent handle knights by historical role, orders of chivalry, ranks, forms of address and holders, and separate the chess piece and fictional senses.

Thing Registry Society, people and institutions

Research draft, second pass

A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.

written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify

Researched by: Claude

Purpose and description

Let an agent handle knights by historical role, orders of chivalry, ranks, forms of address and holders, and separate the chess piece and fictional senses.

A person granted an honorary title of knighthood by a monarch or order, historically a mounted armoured warrior of the medieval nobility; today knighthoods are conferred through orders of chivalry for service or merit.

What it is for: A historical warrior class and a modern honour.

It can be explain the medieval knightly class; identify orders of chivalry and ranks; use correct forms of address; check whether a knighthood is recognised.

Distinguishing features

Honour conferred by a sovereign or order

Medieval military origins

Linked to heraldry

Forms differ by country

What it looks like

Historically armour, horse and heraldry; today insignia of an order.

How it is recognised

Titles such as Sir or Dame in some systems

Insignia of orders

The chess knight is a different sense

Related models

is a kind of - category

warrior and honour holder

belongs to - institution

order of chivalry

is related to - symbols

heraldry

is confused with - another sense

knight (chess)

In practice

Families and kinds

medieval knights

knights of orders of chivalry

knights bachelor

religious military orders (historical)

honorary knighthoods

Standards and regulation

Statutes of orders of chivalry

National honours systems

Failure modes and hazards

Treating self-styled orders as official

Romanticised history

Also called

dragonslayerMiles ChristianusKnight First Class of the Order of the Swordfidalgo cavaleiroKnight of the Order of the SwordKnight of the Order of Rio BrancoKnight Grand Officer of the Order of Carol Ifidalgo cavaleiro da Casa RealKnight Grand CrossKnight of the Order of Saint JoachimKnight Commander of the Order of Saint JoachimKnight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint JoachimKnight of the Order of Saint Lazarus of JerusalemKnight Commander of the Order of Saint Lazarus of JerusalemKnight Grand Cross of the Order of Saint Lazarus of JerusalemEnsign of the Royal Banner of AragonKnight Commander of the Royal Victorian OrderKnight of the SnowflakeDame of the SnowflakeAlferes-mor de PortugalmaestranteCross of the Order of Civil Healthknight heroineKnight of the National Order of MeritKnight of St. PatrickKnight of the Order of Vytautas the Greatrobber baronImperial Knightknight regularKnight of the Order of ChristInfanzonensign of the royal banner of Navarrablack knightknight-errantKnight of Justice of the Order of Saint JohnKnight of Magisterial Grace of the Order of Saint Johnshrub knighthidalgopaladinKnight-villein

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Where this came from

wikidata · CC0 1.0

Source repository Registry entry point

Also registered as vr.tr.knight

Drafted structure

Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.

History Medieval knights.

History needs sources.

Role

Warrior class.

Role

Historical role.

  1. What role did knights play in this period and place? provenance
  2. Which historians describe it? provenance

Myth

Romance and reality.

Myth

Myth versus history.

  1. Is a romanticised image being presented as fact? boundary
  2. What does evidence show? provenance
Honours Modern knighthoods.

Honours are conferred.

Order

Which order.

Order

Order of chivalry.

  1. Which order and rank is the knighthood? provenance
  2. Is it official or self-styled? boundary

Holders

Who holds it.

Holders

Holders.

  1. Is this person a knight, according to the official gazette? provenance
  2. When was it conferred? provenance
Etiquette Address.

Forms vary.

Address

Forms.

Address

Forms of address.

  1. What is the correct form of address? provenance
  2. Does it differ for honorary knighthoods? boundary

Insignia

Regalia.

Insignia

Insignia.

  1. Which insignia are worn and when? provenance
  2. Which rules govern them? provenance
Senses Disambiguation.

Knight has other senses.

Chess

Chess piece.

Chess

Chess sense.

  1. Is the chess piece meant? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

Fiction

Legend and games.

Fiction

Fictional knights.

  1. Is a fictional or legendary knight meant? boundary
  2. Which entry fits? action

What the second pass must settle

  • Should orders of chivalry be separate entries?
  • How should honours lists be linked?
  • How should the chess sense be split off?
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