Female Knight?

[groomporter]

To my understanding, the nomenclature for a female knight is "Dame."  Thus, when she was knighted, the famous mystery authoress became "Dame Agatha Christie."

But isn't that more of a honorary title/award as opposed to someone who would dress in Surcoat, maille, and sword as described in the first posting.

That being said, there's certainly plenty of evidence of women disguised as men going to war as common soldiers. One could potentially see one knighted for valour before her secret being discovered...

[Lady Nicolette]

Indeed, there are several songs of the era that point to women taking to sea as men, donning the dress of thieves to see if their loves are true to them, etc.  Joan of Arc certainly was an archetype of the sort.

[isabelladangelo]

I'm guessing no one saw the link the first time around given the response.

http://www.heraldica.org/topics/orders/wom-kn.htm

The above is a link to information on historical female knights and military orders.  There is certainly plenty of precedent for such.

[Poof Bird]

I'm guessing no one saw the link the first time around given the response.

http://www.heraldica.org/topics/orders/wom-kn.htm

The above is a link to information on historical female knights and military orders.  There is certainly plenty of precedent for such.

I'm guessing no one saw the link the first time around given the response.

http://www.heraldica.org/topics/orders/wom-kn.htm

The above is a link to information on historical female knights and military orders.  There is certainly plenty of precedent for such.

That is a wonderful resource, I have to say!  Thank you!  I'm going to portray a french character, so that bit about the ladies in France is perfect!

This is gonna be a fun character for sure!

Thank you all for your insight and help!

[lady serena]

Here is a link with good info. for female knights and their time period. For me I would just try and educate people about female knights as they weren't widely known about.
http://swordmaiden.com/history/

[SleepyArcher]

Joan of Arc

[renren]

Awesome site, Serena!

[eloquentXI]

Aye, was about to say- look into the Order of the Hatchet, a group of women who took up arms against the Moors and defended their town in the 12th century. There's a bit about in that nice site Serena shared.

[lady serena]

Thank you, Renren and EloquentXI.

[daylight]

Be what you want, you said it best when you said it was an excape from the real world, in this world you can be anything you can dream up. Go for it be what you fell good in. It does not have to be H/A correct ot have a good time.

[Lloyd]

You mean like my jousting partner, Cassandra Adams?

[lady serena]

Awesome pictures Lloyd, thanks for sharing.

[daylight]

Those are great pics thanks for sharing them. Where do you guys jost at?

[Manwariel]

To my understanding, the nomenclature for a female knight is "Dame."  Thus, when she was knighted, the famous mystery authoress became "Dame Agatha Christie."

But isn't that more of a honorary title/award as opposed to someone who would dress in Surcoat, maille, and sword as described in the first posting.

Sorry to bring up an old thread, but if you look up "dame" in the dictionary, one of the definitions is "the official title of a female member of the Order of the British Empire, equivalent to that of a knight", so I think it is the correct title.

[Adriana Rose]

There are some killer books that I  LOVE they are fiction but they rock any way..


Song of the Lioness By Tamora Pierce ( this is told in 4 books it rocks soo much!)

Wild Magic

Protector of the Small


These are all by Tamora Pierce its all about the same kingdom and it tells the stories of 3 differnt women..

But its perfect for the Lady Knight