Do any confirmed relics including 2nd class such as say her Breastplate exist of Joan of Arc Once a Knight is enough?
There is much controversy on this and of course the possibility
of artifically aged or otherwise faked ex-movie or stage props.
Various pieces of KnightLy armor have shown up in museums and
exhibitions that were obviously made for a woman and had markings
of a feminine nature(Stylized diamonds in heraldry signify the Lady
of the house, or the whole family crest is enclosed in a vertical
4-point diamond/ Too many of these items have surfaced to fit the
(Pat) museum explanations that Male Knights were merely wearing
their Lady-Loves insignia in the field-thougg surely this
happened., like in modern times girly pictures painted on the side
of an aircraft or Tank. the only logical answer seems to be, Yes,
Lady Jeanne, there must have been quite a few female knights,
though they probably did not engage in active combat, though some
accompanied their men=at=arms afield. Queen Isabella(columbus"
patron), Mary of Burgundy (who died in a hunting accident, falling
off her horse- I guess the medieval equivalent of an auto wreck!)
and Isabell de Montfort who was a qualified Crossbow sniper. None
of these gals , except accidentaly in the case of Mary of Burgundy
, died in the field, with their boots on, thankfully, but I am sure
it must have happened. To intentionally kill a woman, especially a
noblewoman was an unpardonable sin among Christian Nobles= one
wonders, how may things have evolved. Female Knights exist , as do
female pages(roughly palace security officers and acting as aide de
camp to a Noblewoman. there was also, or seems to be the Militant
sounding rank of Adjutrix- female of Adjutant. Too much smoke for
white dry ice from only one province. I understand the Italians had
both Girl Knights and Female spies! Onward Mata hari! But bonafide
Johannic relics we don:t know. There is much controversy on this
and of course the possibility of artifically aged or otherwise
faked ex-movie or stage props. Various pieces of KnightLy armor
have shown up in museums and exhibitions that were obviously made
for a woman and had markings of a feminine nature(Stylized diamonds
in heraldry signify the Lady of the house, or the whole family
crest is enclosed in a vertical 4-point diamond/ Too many of these
items have surfaced to fit the (Pat) museum explanations that Male
Knights were merely wearing their Lady-Loves insignia in the
field-thougg surely this happened., like in modern times girly
pictures painted on the side of an aircraft or Tank. the only
logical answer seems to be, Yes, Lady Jeanne, there must have been
quite a few female knights, though they probably did not engage in
active combat, though some accompanied their men=at=arms afield.
Queen Isabella(columbus" patron), Mary of Burgundy (who died in a
hunting accident, falling off her horse- I guess the medieval
equivalent of an auto wreck!) and Isabell de Montfort who was a
qualified Crossbow sniper. None of these gals , except accidentaly
in the case of Mary of Burgundy , died in the field, with their
boots on, thankfully, but I am sure it must have happened. To
intentionally kill a woman, especially a noblewoman was an
unpardonable sin among Christian Nobles= one wonders, how may
things have evolved. Female Knights exist , as do female
pages(roughly palace security officers and acting as aide de camp
to a Noblewoman. there was also, or seems to be the Militant
sounding rank of Adjutrix- female of Adjutant. Too much smoke for
white dry ice from only one province. I understand the Italians had
both Girl Knights and Female spies! Onward Mata hari! But bonafide
Johannic relics we don:t know.
