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Knights are seen to be a tenant of a feudal lord who was required to serve as a soldier on horseback in earlier medieval Europe but there is a lot more to being a knoght than what meets the eye.
Young boys of noble birth started training to be a knight when they were about seven years old. ... This is where the boys would become pages. ... When the boys would be around the age of fourteen, they would be apprenticed to a knight. ...
As a squire, the boys would be taught how to handle weapons appropriately, and how to look after the master’s weapons, horses, and armour. ...
Knights were protected on the battlefield and at other places by wearing full suits of plate armour. ...
Tournaments were contests between two knights fighting with courage and skill. ... Tournaments started of by being training for war, for the knights, but steadily grew to become a competition between two knights and a recreation for the noble kings and queens to watch. Many knights died whilst fighting, and many peasants were also killed when the horses went out of control, but the knight’s mainly competed because a lot of money could be won if the knight’s happened to beat their opposition.
Approximate Word count = 928
Approximate Pages = 3.7
(250 words per page double spaced)
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