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ketherton21 ARMOR
Only the Wealthy during the Middle Ages could afford Armor to protect themselves. The First armor that the knight wore was, a metallic called chain mail. Chain mail was made up of a bunch of rings that were connected. Each ring had to be riveted to keep them from spreading apart. Later in the Middle Ages, plate armor was coming in. they were first reinforcements. then they began to start using them for area such as the chest and shoulders.
Weapons
Weapons that the knights used were Daggers, short pointed knifes. A Flail, spiked or knobbed steel head with a chain to a short wood handle. Maces, it was a steel ball on a wood handle. A lance, spear like weapon for horseback. Lastly they used swords. Knights weapon training took 14 YEARS. You had to have a lot of strength and agility to be a knight. The middle age was a very violent time in history for Europe and The Holy Land when the Crusades ans the crusaders were numerous. Lords and Knights in warfare.
code of chivalry
The code was described as Charlemagne's Code of Chivalry. These are some of The Knights Code of Chivalry described in the Song of Roland and an excellent representation of the Knights Codes of Chivalry, To fear God and maintain His Church, To refrain from the wanton giving of offence, To obey those placed in authority, At all times to speak the truth. The ideals of a Knights Code of Chivalry was publicized in the poems, ballads, writings and literary works of Knights authors.
Clothing
The clothes worn under the knights were for protection. Under Clothes were linen pants and a shirt. They also wore woolen socks over their legs. The clothing kept knights skin from chafing from the armor. A Surcoat was a robe, with a belt around the waist, which was placed over the body armor. The surcoat was emblazoned with the cote of arms or device of the Knight in order to identify the knight in battle.
- Fighting on piggyback introduced the young knights to the balance and skills required in mounted combat.
- The more common warhorses used by Knights were like modern hunters and known as Destriers.
- Knights often wore ladies' "favors", generally a scarf, veil, or sleeve, when jousting.
- Sometimes a knight would appear with no heraldic markings.
- The decline in jousting started with the invention of the musket firearm in 1520.
- Training took 7 years as a page and another 7 years as a Squire before becoming a Knight.
- Knights met each other at combined speeds of 60 mph when jousting.
- Lances were measured, so no one knight had a longer lance.
- The word Squire is derived from the French words "Esquire, Escuyer" which originally meant 'shield bearer'.
- The death-blow a knight gave to his mortally wounded opponent was called a Coup de Grace.
- Pavilions were the name given to the bright, round medieval tents of alternating colors which housed the knights and their surgeons.
- 'Dubbing' was a blow struck with the flat of the hand or the side of the sword and was regarded as an essential act of the knighting ceremony.
- At the end of the Knighthood ceremony a Knight could claim the title "Sir".
- A disgraced Knight had his spurs hacked off and his shield was hung upside down as a sign of dishonor.
- Full Plate Armour was introduced during the 15th century weighing approximately 50 lbs.
