The fount of honour (Latin: fons honorum) is a person, who, by virtue of their official position, has the exclusive right of conferring legitimate titles of nobility and orders of chivalry on other persons. == Origin == During the High Middle Ages, European knights were essentially armoured, mounted warriors.
The fount of honour (Latin: fons honorum) is a person, who, by virtue of their official position, has the exclusive right of conferring legitimate titles of nobility and orders of chivalry on other persons. == Origin == During the High Middle Ages, European knights were essentially armoured, mounted warriors.
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