What are facts about a knight?

Answer 1

Here are other interesting facts about medieval knights: * fighting on piggyback introduced the young knights to the balance and skills required in mounted combat * the more common warhorses used by Knights were like modern hunters and known as Destriers * Knights often wore ladies' "favors", generally a scarf, veil, or sleeve, when jousting * Sometimes a knight would appear in battle with no heraldic markings on their sheilds * The decline in jousting started with the invention of the musket firearm in 1520 * Training took 7 years as a page and another 7 years as a Squire before becoming a knight This information was found at: www.middle-ages.org