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Dubbing knights
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Posted by Anglo-Norman (U1965016) on Thursday, 15th October 2009
Does anyone know when a knight being dubbed started getting a tap on the shoulders with a sword, instead of a clout about the head?
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Message 2
Posted by an ex-nordmann - it has ceased to exist (U3472955) on Friday, 16th October 2009
When the church got in on the act.
Dubbing (as in the "drubbing" you describe) was a peculiarly Norman thing. Other parts of Europe favoured the "accolade". In England and France, once the church insisted on "approving" the ceremony, the "accolade" prevailed though for a while the ceremony retained a slap in the face (called a "collee") in addition to the tapping of the sword on the shoulders.
The earliest recorded dubbing in church-approved style but without direct church involvement is of Geoffrey (the Fair) of Anjou in 1128.
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