In feudalism, a lord was a leader of his lands. A knight was a soldier dedicated to his lord.
Yes, they often were the same person.
Common in literature, but not in real life, a knight who was not in service to a lord was called a knight-errant.
lord gives land to knight, knight protects the lord
There was nothing baring knights from becoming lords. A knight could become a lord if the opportunity came. A lord could also become a knight, but passing through the standard procedures to do that.
A knight was very valuable to a lord because knights had to follow a set of rules called chivalry which said that knights had to support their lords in battle no matter what and had to obey their lords. In return, the lords gave knights land where peasants farmed and they had to pay the knight that owned the land. But at the same time, knights also had to pay their lord.
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To server the lord, fight for him and many others tasks that a lord could give to the knight. But that dont force the knights go against religion i think.
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A knight served a lord or a king in medieval times. In times of war, a knight was expected to fight. Knights followed a code of chivalry, meaning they had to act with honor, bravery, courtesy, and loyalty.
Nothing. A knight could be a vassal to his liege lord. When a squire is knighted, the new knight must swear alligence to his lord. When a liege lord calls on his vassals in times of war, the vassal knights must come to fight for him.
It's the commendation ceremony. See here:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commendation_ceremony
The only why to become a knight is if your father was a knight or you did something very very good and the lord will make you into a knight