Relikty rytierstva a rytierskych rádov vo vyznamenaniach. 2. časť

The Relics of the Chivalry and of the Knightly Orders in the Military Awards

Autor: GRAUS, Igor

GRAUS, Igor: Relikty rytierstva a rytierskych rádov vo vyznamenaniach. 2. časť.

GRAUS, Igor: The relics of the chivalry and of the orders of knighthood in the awards. Part II.

Vojenská história, 4, 15, 2011, pp. 3-29.

Author discusses all kinds of the chivalric relics in detail, with the exception of accolade and investiture ceremony. Awards in the form of orders were not having the nature of knight companies, however, from their immediate predecessors, lay orders of knighthood, they have often taken over a number of formal features, typical for the medieval knight companies. Although there was a gradual simplification of the formal elements and rituals and the orders were gradually exempted from many old and already dysfunctional relics of chivalry, the core (insignia, legislative basis, investiture and administration), although inevitably transformed as a result of many fundamental political, social and cultural changes occurring in the following centuries, remains alive and functional today.

Key words: Faleristics. Monarchical or dynastical orders of knighthood and orders of merit. Knight relics. 

Ročník: 15 | Číslo: 4/2011 | Stránky: 3-29