An Earl, like a lord or a duke, was an inherited position. You could if you were the heir to those positions and were knighted by the monarch before you inherited the position.
The three stages of knight hood were a page then a squire then finally you were a knight.
sir walter smith
to protect the king and castle
it was bad to be a knight because you could die.
To become a knight, a boy was normally apprenticed to a knight at about age seven. After serving seven years as a page, the boy became a squire, and after seven years as a squire, he could become a knight. There were other ways a person could become a knight, including performing some very meritorious service to a king or other person capable of elevating a person to knighthood.
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It was expected of a young noble boy to train as a knight. He left home at 7 to become a page to a knight and stayed in his service until 21 when he became a knight.
13-14 years old and a knight at 21.
A knight was a mounted warrior in Europe in the middle ages.
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There actually very few titles of nobility used during the High Middle Ages. The male nobles were known by titles such as Duke, Earl, Baron, Baronet, and Knight or Lord. The extensive use of noble titles would not be used until the Late Middle Ages.
Usually a knight in the Middle Ages, who protects the royalty, land, and people.
it just means that nobles were usually the only ones rich enough to afford being a knight.
Knights.
the first stage was a page then a squire and lastly a knight
The three stages of knight hood were a page then a squire then finally you were a knight.
sir walter smith