What are the steps to becomimg a knight?

Answer 1

The normal way of becoming a knight was to enter the service of a knight, usually around age 8. Boys of noble birth would be entrusted to the foster-care of another knight; they wouldn't usually do their training at home.

As a page, the boys would learn some basic sword skills, but a large portion of their education focussed on learning to read and write, to study the great stories of chivalry that were meant to inspire and guide them. Examples include the works of Chretien de Troyes, who wrote of famous knights in sensational tales, like "Perceval and the Story of the Grail". They would learn how to behave at court, and even how to dance.

This first stage lasted until the age of around 14-15. At this age they would become squires to knights, and actively accompany them and learn to fight, and become a part of castle life. As they were now physically stronger, they learned how to fight whilst wearing full armour.

After some years of this training, around the age of 20, a young man might be knighted. The ceremony is ancient, and more complicated than merely being touched on the shoulder by a sword. It involved religious elements, including staying up all night before the ceremony, praying and giving Confession in the morning. They would also have a ritual bath. The dubbing ceremony was the high point of the process, and involved the ceremonial touching with a sword. It had to be performed by a Lord, or a noble of even higher rank. A simple knight could not bestow the honour on his squire.

MoreThere were other ways of becoming a knight, and possibly the most common was to do something that really pleased a king or other feudal lord capable of knighting a person. In such a case, it did not matter how a person trained or for how long, or even what a person's background was. A really good example of this is members of an order of knights called the Order of the Hatchet, which was created in 1149 in Catalonia. The members of this order were all women who had fought in defense of the town of Tortosa. They clearly would all, or nearly all, have been commoners without any military training. That must have been one heck of a battle!

Answer 2

Becoming a Knight: There were only a few ways in which a person could become a knight. The first way was the normal course of action for the son of a noble: When a boy was eight years old, he was sent to the neighboring castle where he was trained as a page. The boy was usually the son of a knight or of a member of the aristocracy. He spent most of his time strengthening his body, Wrestling and riding horses. He also learned how to fight with a spear and a sword. He practiced against a wooden dummie called a quintain. It was essentially a heavy sack or dummie in the form of a human. It was hung on a wooden pole along with a shield. The young page had to hit the shield in its center. When hit, the whole structure would spin around and around. The page had to maneuver away quickly without getting hit. The young man was also taught more civilized topics. He would be taught to read and write by a schoolmaster. He could also be taught some Latin and French. The lady of the castle taught the page to sing and dance and how to behave in the king’s court. At the age of fifteen or sixteen, a boy became a squire in service to a knight. His duties included dressing the knight in the morning, serving all of the knight’s meals, caring for the knight’s horse, and cleaning the knight’s armor and weapons. He followed the knight to tournaments and assisted his lord on the battlefield. A squire also prepared himself by learning how to handle a sword and lance while wearing forty pounds of armor and riding a horse. When he was about twenty, a squire could become a knight after proving himself worthy. A lord would agree to knight him in a dubbing ceremony. The night before the ceremony, the squire would dress in a white tunic and red robes. He would then fast and pray all night for the purification of his soul. The chaplain would bless the future knight's sword and then lay it on the chapel or church's altar. Before dawn, he took a bath to show that he was pure, and he dressed in his best clothes. When dawn came, the priest would hear the young man's confession, a Catholic contrition rite. The squire would then eat breakfast. Soon the dubbing ceremony began. The outdoor ceremony took place in front of family, friends, and nobility. The squire knelt in front of the lord, who tapped the squire lightly on each shoulder with his sword and proclaimed him a knight. This was symbolic of what occurred in earlier times. In the earlier middle ages, the person doing the dubbing would actually hit the squire forcefully, knocking him over. After the dubbing, a great feast followed with music and dancing. A young man could also become a knight for valor in combat after a battle or sometimes before a battle to help him gain courage.

Answer 3

Step one: Page

Step two: Squire

Step Three: Knight

Answer 4

just train hard, do your best and ask a king 4 a suit of armor