Order of the Bath

By Jesse Russell

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles The Most Honourable Order of the Bath (formerly The Most Honourable Military Order of the Bath) is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate medi val ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing (as a symbol of purification) as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath. George I "erected the Knights of the Bath into a regular Military Order." He did not (as is often stated) revive the Order of the Bath, since it had never previously existed as an Order, in the sense of a body of knights who were governed by a set of statutes and whose numbers were replenished when vacancies occurred.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 5510540915
• ISBN13: 9785510540918
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Book on Demand Ltd.
• Length: 90 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.3" x 11.0"