KNIGHTS IN FEUDAL SOCIETY

EDUCATION

• Studied as a Page starting at 7

years old

• After they had studied as a

Page they became a Squire

for a further 7 years until they

were 14 years old

• Upon completing their

training as a Squire the could

serve as a Knight at 21 years

old.

• Page: 7 years old

• Squire: 14 years old

• Knight: 21 years old

WEAPONS & EQUIPMENT•Examples: p.329

• Sword

• Horse

• Shield• Siege Tower/

Battering Ram• Trebuchet

• Tortoise

• Mantlet• Mangonel

WAR GAMES

• Tournaments recreate combat-

mock battles

• Wrestling, hunting & Chess

•Duty to lady as

important as

duty to lord

•Complex code/

ideals

•devotion

CODE OF CHIVALRY

CASTLE LIFE

• Vassals required to

fight for knights

(40 days per year)

• Made of Stone:

Have lord & lady,

family, knights &

other men at arms/

servants

• Home & fortress

ROMANTIC LOVE

• Epic Poems- Song

of Roland

• Love poems &

songs

• Troubadours