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Question 87

Which term names the ceremony in which a man was made a knight, commonly marked by a touch of a sword on the shoulder?

  1. Homage, which bound a man to the lord whose land he held
  2. Coronation, which set the crown on a new ruler's head
  3. Dubbing, the touch of the sword that made the man a knightCorrect answer
  4. Investiture, which placed a churchman in his office

Explanation

The ceremony conferred knightly rank in public, and although its details varied from place to place, the sword laid on the shoulder was its best-known gesture, performed before witnesses so that the new standing could not afterwards be denied. Homage fails because that ritual created a bond between a lord and a man holding land from him and could be performed by men who were never knighted at all.

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