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Describe the knighting ceremony.
Becoming a knight could be a complex religious event. A squire often spent the night before his knighting ceremony in prayer. The next morning, he bathed and put on a white tunic, or long shirt, to show his purity. During the ceremony, he knelt before his lord and said his vows. The lord drew his sword, touched the knight-to-be lightly on each shoulder with the flat side of the blade, and knighted him. Sometimes, if a squire did particularly well in battle, he was knighted on the spot.
El hacerse caballero podría tratarse de un evento religioso complejo. Un escudero a menudo pasaba rezando la noche antes de recibir el título de caballero. A la mañana siguiente, se bañaba y se ponía una túnica, es decir una camisa larga. Era blanca para mostrar su pureza. Durante la ceremonia se arrodillaba ante su señor y pronunciaba sus votos. El señor sacaba su espada, le tocaba al futuro caballero levemente en cada hombro con la parte plana de la hoja de la espada y lo pronunciaba caballero. A veces, si a un escudero le iba particularmente bien en una batalla, lo ordenaban caballero inmediatamente