Becoming a Knight
This was the age that boys would start training to be a knight.
What is 7?
True or False: Wealth determined how good a knights armor was
What is true?
This defense made it difficult for enemies to get close to the castle walls
What is a moat?
The term used for the ceremony that occurred when a squire became a knight.
What is investiture?
The two primary forms of defense a knight might wear
What are armor and shields?
True or False: A manor was a self-sufficient entity
What is true?
The steps a boy would have to go through to become a knight.
What is...
1. page
2. squire
3. knight
Some of the weapons a knight would use in battle or tournament
What are swords, axes, daggers, spears?
The defining characteristics of a peasant
What are
1. free workers
2. could own businesses
3. relatively poor
The point of tournaments for knights.
What is to show off their skill and win money and fame?
The diet of peasants and serfs
1. mostly bread and vegetables
2. some meat and fish included
The primary requirements outlined by codes of chivalry
1. brave
2. loyal
3. honest
4. fight fair
5. treat captured knights well
6. protect those weaker than themselves (particularly the poor and women)