Knight

In the past many years knights was very important in the past. The Roman Empire fell and Europe was invaded by various barbarian tribes. Powerful local lords and their mounted warriors offered protection to peasants,who became their serfs in return.Knights was like cops in the past,knights was made to protect people and their land but that changed. Some knights wasn’t doing there jobs, they were taking money from peasants and they was bullying them.

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Making a knight:To become a knight you have to go through different stages. A boy of noble birth who was going to become a knight was always sent away to a nobleman’s household,often that of his uncle or a Lord. They have to learn how to behave and how to ride.They have to learn how to shoot a bow and carve meat for food.Young men who wanted to be knights had to keep fit. Also they need to be taught how to handle weapons Before you became a knight, you were a squire to a knight. and had to look after his masters armor and horses. Squires were shield bearers. Squires were knighted when they were 21 years old (gravett). This is very important because you can’t be knighted at any age you can only be knighted at the age of 21.

The Knighting Ceremony:

Squires were usually invested as knights during one of the great feasts or holidays, like christmas or Easter. Sometimes the ceremony took place on another special occasion, such as the wedding of a noble or royal."HowStuffWorks” The king, nobles, knights and clergy or the squire's father (if he were a knight) could confer knighthood.The knighting ceremony usually involved a ritual bath on the eve of the ceremony (the would-be knight usually dressed in white). “Then an all night prayer ...

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...s i know about knights. i think knights are one of the coolest things in the middle ages. knights are very brave and strong. I think i will like to be a knight because i will like to use those weapons to protect my land and people. The hardest part to become a night is Knight training. Knight is very hard,there different things u have to train for like The medieval page,Equestrian skills,The medieval squire,castle and siege warfare,and Quality of a knight. Training was a long and often arduous process. Knight training began in early childhood when a basic education and good manners and rules of etiquette were taught at home.

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gravett, christopher. knight. New York: Dorling Kindersley, 1993. Print.(gravett )