Knights

Part 1-How to become a knight
Part 2-Code of a knight
Part 3-Skills and equipment needed for a knight
Part 4-Famous knights
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Part One
How to Become a Knight

1. The word “knight” comes form the Anglo-Saxton word for boy, “cniht”
   
2. Knights at very bottom of the noble pyramid but also very important
   
3. When you want to become a knight its around six years old
   • Lord or king “buys him and trains him to become a knight
   • Knight would be an assistant for a more established knight
   • Help knight with his armor, his horse, his weapons
   • He would learn about the use of each weapons & Do practice battles on a horse
   • Also learn Horsemanship, Archery and fencing
   • Training would end around 16 to 18 years old
   • The knight would now serve the lord or king
   • While serving he would need to be in the army for 40 days of a year or more during a war
   
   
4. Duties
   • Military Duties: A castle guard, The lords or kings “bodyguard”, and to Participate in battle
   • Other Duties: Administrate in justice, Manage his estates (which was the prime source of income), and Practice skills

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Part Two
Code of a knight

1. Courage, justice, nobility, and defense are a couple of descriptions of a good knight
   
2. Knight must be courageous: Would risk their life in order to save others, Remain truthful at all times
   
3. Justice: Always seek the right path, Always doing the right thing even though others may not think it’s right, and Must not be tempted by other things

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Part Three
Skills and equipment needed for a knight

1. Knights are part of the Feudal System
   
2. Chivalry
   • How brave or how well a person fights in war
   • Knight handles the horse
   • Protecting the weak
   • Honorable themselves
   
   
3. Middle age heroes
   • Heavy duty metal that shined and gleamed in the sun; ( This is probably why the saying goes “A knight in shinning armor” )
   • Knight had to wear: Chain mail
   • Weapons: Swords, Axes, Daggers, and Sheilds

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Part Four
Famous Knights

1. Knights were men of courage, honor, dignity, courtesy, and nobleness
   
2. Protect ladies and damsels
   
3. Tristan
   • Legend of the Knight Tristan started somewhere between 1155 and 1170 AD
   • Was a Knight of the Round Table
   • First person to train dogs
   • Saved many people
   • Fought for what he believes in
   
   
4. King Arthur
   • Most famous king and knight
   • Fought along side his army
   • Had Magic sword which he had pulled from a stone named Excalibur
   
   
5. Sir Lancelot
   • Famous knight after King Arthur
   • Lancelot was Arthur’s right-hand knight
   • Tales of Lancelot: Quest for the Holy Grail
   • Noble knight of the Round Table
   
   
6. Richard the Lion Heart
   • He fought in the Third Crusade
   • Commander of his army
   • Fought against the Seljuk Turks
   • Title fits him because they thought he was as brave as a lion: Symbolize his courage

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