The road to knighthood was a long one. A boy about 7 or 8 years old who looked like they could hold promise was picked to start training. At about 12 he became a squire for a knight and did everything from fixing armour to learning the skills he would need. At 21 he officially became a knight.
Our entire concept of Chivalry has been corrupted over the years by victorian romanticists and that knights could get away with many crimes and go unpunished. However there is a ceremony to stripping a knight of his rank; first the said disgraced knight is brought before a priest and his lord if he is a landed knight or the knight/priest who elevated him if he is a free knight, he is then stripped of his arms (this means armour more then weapons) and his spurs then his sword is taken away from him broken in two and laid out before him.
At seven or eight years old, a boy would be assigned to a knight as a "page," whose duties consisted mostly of upkeep of the knight's equipment and fetching things for him. Around thirteen or fourteen, he would graduate to "squire," which requires him to oversee the knight's various pages as well as assist the knight in dressing for battle or parade.
Golda Meir became famous by becoming the first and so far as I know, the only female Prime Minster of Israel. Before her role in international affairs, she began her career as a school teacher in the USA.
Charlemagne had a Lady Bradamante- who alledgely died in the field ( in combat) in 778 A.D. Obviously, she was a mistress of the then French War Lord- he was not crowned King until 800 AD. Charlemagne had a female Knight centuries before France produced Joan Of Arc. There were Spanish Cavalleras of the Order of the Hatchet- established ll49 AD. Some day one of these Ladies In Armor will be exhumed- and will that shake up the museums. Once a Knight is not enough- might be a jocular cry.
First, they were a page boy. Page boys wait the table. They learn proper etiquette. Then, they become a squire. A squire was a knight's servant. One of his duties was to wash the knight's armour.
1st-Becoming a page 2nd- A squire who helps out a knight 3rd- A knight
first boyhood then page then squire then knight
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The first stage of becoming a Knight was to serve a Lord as a page for seven years from the age of 7, learning a host of basic skills.
First is becoming a registered nurse, then comes the specialty.
The first step to becoming a knight was to spend about seven years as a page, a young apprentice in the service of a knight who trained him. The page was usually seven to fourteen years old. After being a page, the apprentice graduated to a higher level, and spent seven years as a squire.
At first Francis was enthralled with the idea of becoming a troubadour. Later he decided to become a knight and join the war against a neighboring town. It was while he was playing soldier that he received his conversion.
Prince Edward, Prince of Wales Know as Edward of Woodstock or The Black Prince, Died before his Father King Edward III, the first Prince of Wales to die before becoming king, His son King Richard II became king on the death of Edward III.
The first step to becoming a knight was to spend about seven years as a page, a young apprentice.
The first step to becoming a knight was to spend about seven years as a page, a young apprentice.
First The boy have to become a page, then become a squire, theh he will get promoted into being a Knighthood.
Gareth goes to Camelot to become a knight but agrees to work first as a kitchen scullion. Gareth goes to Camelot to become a knight but agrees to work first as a kitchen scullion.