Hello Anton.   
      
   24 Jan 17 21:34, you wrote to me:   
      
    FB>> Knight could be used for eiher a male or female subject?   
      
    AS> In the times of true knights, when there were no empty   
    AS> titles, a woman could not become a one.   
      
    AS> A knight must excell in seven arts, whereof I remember:   
      
    AS>   1.  Pugilism,   
    AS>   2.  Swimming,   
    AS>   3.  Riding,   
    AS>   4.  Shooting in the bow,   
    AS>   5.  Composing verses,   
    AS>   6.  Singing, and   
    AS>   7.  Playing chess,   
      
    AS>   (hmmm, that makes seven!)   
      
    AS> and only those that started training in yearly childhood had   
    AS> a chance of mastering them well enough.  The institution of   
    AS> squireship was essentially the school of knights.   
      
    AS> A female knight would be so contrary to the medieval view of   
    AS> an ideal woman that she would be considered a pervert(ress).   
      
    AS> Therefore I think "femal knight" an oxymoron.   
      
           I understand, but taking Game of Thrones as an example, wouldn't the   
   character Brianna be a female knight (or an esquire)?   
      
      
   Flavio   
      
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