Yes. At 7 years old noble boys left home to become a page to another noble. As they got older they were trained in warfare and knighthood. Often by the age of 12 they took part in war with their mentor noble. At 21 they became a knight.
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They did the odd jobs for knights and were in training to become knights. They were the son's of nobles who showed promise of knighthood.
At first they were pages and then squires.
Pages acted as personal servants to knights and barons.
a squire is basically a knight in training, knights start as paiges (pages not certain) who were basically servants to the knights, later they became squires; usually helping knights with their gear (armor, weapons, assissting in battle), and eventually became knights
because its not cool
they begin as a page, then went through physical training
Pages usually began their training at about age seven or eight. They served as pages for seven years, typically. After that they spent seven years or so as squires, and then they became knights.
Sir Kay (a Knight of King Arthur's Round Table)
this is because they(Nobles) didnt want their kids to fighting the dark knights
A squire.
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