Knights

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There are two distinct meanings of the word knight. One was a heavy cavalryman, a man who would fight from horseback with heavy weapons, as opposed, for instance, to a mounted archer. So medieval writers might refer to the cavalry of an Islamic army as knights.

The other meaning of knight was a man who had been knighted by a king. (In earlier times, people other than kings knighted people in some places.) This required going through specific training and, finally, ceremonies. In practice, the people who did this were normally Christian. After the Great Schism in 1054, they would have been Roman Catholic in western Europe, or Eastern Orthodox in the East.

There were monastic orders of knights, and these, of course, required their knights to be of their religion. Those I am aware of were all Roman Catholic.

In theory, the knights were obliged to protect the serfs who worked on their manors, and to provide for them in a number of ways.

In fact, some were cruel, and some were kind, and some were in between.

You would have needed a good horse that is able to kick, bite and hurt people for when your in battle.

That was known as jousting, if done by two individuals on horseback with lances; melee, if done by two groups on foot using a variety of weapons.

The lord of a fief was the supreme ruler over his territory. From the feudal agreement he gained these rights. The lord's duties were many. He had to set up taxes and laws, oversee the day to day business of the castle and fief, and make decisions over punishments and other issues. Besides this, he had to serve his king by appearing in his court or fighting at his side. To cover the day to day tasks of managing the castle, a lord often hired a steward. The steward was the head of all the castle's staff, except for the military personnel. Sometimes there were two stewards; one in charge of all of the lord's estates, and the other in charge of just the castle. In either case, the steward was the lord's main adviser on issues that the lord was to decide. The steward often helped with the lord's accounts and books. He calculated the revenue from taxes and the money spent by the lord. The steward was also the head of the lord's court in his absence. In this way, the lord had an immense load taken off his shoulders through the help of a steward or stewards. The steward gave the lord time to fulfill his other obligations. The lord usually traveled for a good part of the year around to the far corners of his land holdings. This allowed him to get an idea of how well the people were, and to assess the possibility of revolt in the other areas of his fief. Other responsibilities that the use of a steward gave him time for were to fight alongside his king in battle, to train and compete in tournaments if he was a knight, and to appear in his lord's court to pay him "homage and fealty".

Feudalism is the structure of the government and part of the society. It is not a separate thing so in asking this question you are asking about a system that the knights were part of and created. Knights were nobles and a different class of people and were created because of feudalism.

Everyone who was old enough to handle one. Every man and woman had to know how to defend themselves. Farm tools were used as weapons when needed in war.

Only nobles were knights. A noble male child would start training about 7-8 years old and get his golden spurs when he was 21.

I know people who dress in armour today and in watching them put it on I would guess a good 30 minutes. Usually, they are starting the with chain mail and other things on so it could take much more time from scratch.

well for what i know the lords respected the knights but they were above them in the heirarchy. Knights were respected by all even the king and queen because they were the ones who went to fight for them. hope this helps

Knights were among the lowest level of the nobility, having titles that were usually not inherited. They ran the manors, protected the serfs on those manors, and provided the basis for raising armies in times of war. They were the heavy cavalry of the Middle Ages, in a time when heavy cavalry was the most important element in warfare.

The knights' code, called the Code of Chivalry, which was further developed by such figures as Eleanor of Aquitaine, caused reflection among the higher classes on such subjects as mercy, protection of the poor, protection of women, charity, and so on.

A knight-errant is a character from mediaeval romance, a sort of free-lance samurai, wandering ("errant" ) around, looking for adventure.

A knights training started as a page around age 7. A page was a servant to a knight, and would run errands, carry messages, and do menial tasks like polishing armor and weapons. The page would receive instruction in areas such as manners, heraldry, horsemanship, and perhaps the rudiments of weapons.

After seven years, around the age of fourteen, a page became a squire. A squire had more advanced duties. The squire would help his knight arm and don armor, was responsible for his weapons and horses, would carry his knight's banner. The squire was responsible for rescuing the knight if captured, ransoming him if that was not possible, and seeing to his honorable burial if necessary.

After an additional seven years as a squire could potentially become a knight, but the advance was not automatic. Not all individuals had the inclination for a for a military life, and some remained squires. As the middle ages advanced it became more common to allow aristocrats to substitute a cash payment for military service to their lord, and a certain number ended their military career and became essentially country gentry.

Knights were nobles and they were nobles because a king gave them land and power. So, they had to be loyal to this person or they would loose power, land, and titles. In some cases also their life.

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In theory, knights were supposed to be loyal to whoever knighted them, usually a king, but sometimes some other member of high nobility, depending on local custom. The loyalty also passed to the heir of that person. The problem with this is that as the Middle Ages continued, it became more and more common for knights not to be given their own estates to support them, and knights had to depend more and more on pay. Also, wars produced numbers of knights who had been deprived of their estates. So as time went on, mercenary knights became more and more common. These people were supposed to be loyal to whoever hired them, and oaths were often required for this, but the oaths were based on periods of time or the duration of a conflict.

A serf was a slave. Most slaves were taken in war or sold to pirates who sold them into slavery.

Life was terrible it was such diseases as plauge or known as the Black Death. Education was horrible it was unequal it was as if the rich had a better education. Life was terrible it was such diseases as plauge or known as the Black Death. Education was horrible it was unequal it was as if the rich had a better education.

The practice of chivalry began in about the sixth century. It was mentioned in the Song of Roland and was important through the middle ages as applying to knights. By the twelfth century, it had acquired a code of ethics including mercy, ethics, honor, charity, and protection of the poor and helpless. The age of the mounted knight began a decline in the fourteenth century and was pretty much over by the end of the sixteenth.

Strange question. Medieval people were Europeans who lived during the Middle Ages (roughly 1100 - 1450). I suppose they woke up when they had to go to work, when they heard a loud noise, or when someone else woke them up. Same as today.

A few did, but for the most part no one could read or write except for priests and a few nobles . One reason we give oral testimony in court today is because of the lack of reading and writing centuries ago. No one really needed it.

The king either assumed the authority by might, was appointed by his predecessor (usually inherited). Some were also appointed by the Catholic Church in Rome.

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