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Knights
From the Court of Arthur and the Round Table to Ivanhoe, from fire-breathing Dragons to Damsels in distress, No, not really, The life and times of a Knight during the Middle Ages. It's not so romantic as you have been lead to believe.
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∞. There will always be knights. We will never go away. We are hear to stay. Hey hey hey!
very chivalrious
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chivalrous some times, sometimes not very chivalrous
What is a competition between knights called?
Knight competitions were called tourneys. Various specific aspects of competition had different names, but the most famous was called jousting.
What is the difference between a knight and a knave?
A knight is...well a knight but a knave is a male servant. Two totally different things.
Name something a knight would have to remove before a romantic encounter with his lady?
Helmet
Body Armor
Sword
Shield
How many knights are in one army?
they dont have a specific amount. it could be 100-100000 in a army. depends on how big the kingdom is
What did Sir Percival need to do to become a kinght of the round table?
One year after Percival came the holy grain would come to Camelot and the knights would ride out fot the last battle of all.
What inventions led to the decline of the knight?
Over the centuries knighthood eventually declined to the state they are in now as strictly a title of honor with no real power. The thing that brought about the demise of the knight was technology and this moved in stages. The first stage of decline was the invention of the crossbow and later the arbalest (Which was a very powerful crossbow) these weapons could be wielded by someone with very little training and they were powerful enough to pierce the best armor of a knight. This meant that a knight who had trained all his life in the art of combat could be brought down in the matter of a few seconds by a person with an arbalest and very little training. The Arbalest was declared a dishonorable weapon but it was still used. This technological development was probably enough alone to bring about the fall of the knight but the decline was completed with the development of gunpowder. As guns came into use it was clear the knight stood no chance for no armor could protect against a bullet.
How does a knight represent chivalry?
A knight represents chivalry by following the chivalry code, and simply taking on the responsibility of being a knight
What is about a knight named Roland who fights against the Muslims?
The tale of Roland is a famous one. According to legend, Roland was a paladin in service of Charlemagne. After Charlemagne was returning from campaigning against the Spanish Islamic states, his rearguard, commanded by Roland, was ambushed in the Pass of Roncesvalles. Roland had a famous horn, given him by Charlemagne, that he was to sound in case of trouble to bring back the army. Roland refused to call the army back into a trap, and did not sound the horn until the very end, when all his knights were dead, and he was dying. Charlemange rode into the pass to find his faithful retainer and his entire rearguard dead, but the majority of the vastly larger ambushing force killed also. This last stand has become a famous tale.
What does the word chivalry mean and how was it important to a knight?
The rules and customs of medieval knighthood.
What is the code of chivalry in the story of perceval?
The code of chivalry in the story of Perceval was the rules that all knights lived by. The code provides a moral, religious and social honor for the knights to follow to keep themselves gentlemen and be true to the king.
What were the metal gloves called that were worn by knights called?
A metal or mail glove worn by a knight is a gauntlet.
(The term was later applied to a challenge to pass between two rows of men. This was adopted from an unrelated word meaning "cudgel".)
