The knighting ceremony is described in many historical essays, in fiction, beaten in cinema, etc. Like any other tradition, the knighting ritual has its own history and its own nuances in conducting.
From the history of the knighting
The history of this rite originates in ancient Germanic tribes many years before the first knights appeared. Then, after the youths reached their majority, the father or foreman handed him a spear and a sword. After that, the guy was considered a full and full member of the tribe.
This tradition was revived in Christian times. For example, in the XV century a young man of fifteen years old could become a knight, and it does not matter what social status he had - noble people and peasants became knights. Time passed - the state (kingdom) developed, accumulated power, strengthened. Chivalry also improved: the knights became an elite and closed group of people.
In order for the young man to become a knight in the future, he was given up for education in a noble family. There he was a squire. The ritual of knighting was carried out mainly among young men aged 21 years. Carrying out this ceremony was associated with huge financial costs. This explains the fact that by the beginning of the XVIII century some of the poor princes and barons remained uninitiated in the knights.
