Gauntlet (glove)
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A gauntlet is a type of glove that protects the hand and wrist of a combatant.
Almain rivet gauntlets of Emperor Maximilian I, c. 1514. Museum of Fine Arts (Kunsthistorisches Museum), Vienna
Pair of gauntlets, Germany, late 16th century
Gauntlets, about 1614. V&A Museum no. 1386&A-1888
Japanese (samurai) Edo period gauntlets (han kote).
King's Champion
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The Honourable The King's Champion is an honorary and hereditary office in the Royal Household of the British sovereign. The champion's original role at the coronation of a British monarch was to chal
Gauntlet (glove)
…gauntlets on the ground. The opponent would pick up the gauntlet to accept the challenge. The phrase is associated particularly with the action of the King's Champion, which officer's role was from medieval times to act as champion for the King at his coronation, in the unlikely event that someone challenged the new…
The King's Champion in 1821, Henry Dymoke, the last holder of the office to lay down his challenge at a coronation.
At the 1821 coronation banquet in Westminster Hall, the King's Champion makes the third and last challenge before the royal table, the last time that this ceremony was enacted.
The Banquet at the Coronation of George IV by George Jones showed the event in a pageant-like scene.