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The Technology of Warfare Changes Leather saddle and
stirrups enable knights to handle heavy weapons
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Chainmail
Plate Armour
Gambeson: a padded jacket worn alone or in combination with chainmail
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The Warrior’s Role in Feudal Society By 1000s, western
Europe is a battleground of warring nobles
Feudal lords raise private armies of knights
Knights rewarded with land; provides income for needed weapons
Tried to capture enemy & hold knights ransom
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One had to be “well-born” (Son of a Noble)
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A Knight’s Training Age 7: Page – personal servant of the Lord
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A Knight’s Training Age 7: Page – personal servant of the Lord Age 15: Squire – assistant to a Knight -- learn to handle: sword, lance, axe, bow &
arrow
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A Knight’s Training Age 7: Page – personal servant of the Lord Age 15: Squire – assistant to a Knight -- learn to handle: sword, lance, axe, bow &
arrow After you “prove yourself in battle” (around
age 21) you could become a knight
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Ceremony Lord (or King) touches your shoulder 3 times
with sword and says, “I dub thee knight.”
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Ceremony still done today!
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A Knight’s Training Knights gain experience, show off, and make
money in tournaments -- competitions and mock battles
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Melee:
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Melee: Two groups of knights assembled in an open
field Both parties rode toward each other and fought
anyone who came into range. The aim of the melee was to capture an
opposing knight and hold him for a ransom. A typical ransom included the cost of a suit of armor or a horse.
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Quintain: objective was to direct strokes at specified
areas on a hanging post or shield. practice their aim with a lance, sword or battle
axe.
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Jousting:
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Jousting:
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Jousting:
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Jousting: “unhorse” opponent with a lance
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Discuss Coats of Arms soon
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The Code of Chivalry By 1100s knights obey a
code of chivalry—a set of ideals on how to act
They are:▪ to protect weak and poor; ▪ serve feudal lord, God, &
chosen lady
"Stitching the Standard" by Edmund Blair Leighton: the lady prepares for a knight to go to war
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Brutal Reality of Warfare Castles are huge fortresses where lords/
Kings live
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Brutal Reality of Warfare Attacking armies use wide range of
strategies and weapons
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Siege Warfare
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Medieval mangonel, a type of catapult
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Replica battering ram at Château des Baux, France
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Medieval moveable siege tower
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Epic Poetry Epic poems recount a hero’s deeds and
adventures The Song of Roland is about
Charlemagne’s knights fighting Muslims
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Love Poems and Songs Knights’ duties to
ladies are as important as those to their lords
Troubadours—traveling poet-musicians—write and sing short verses
Above and right: troubadours portrayed in illumined texts.
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Status of Women According to the Church and feudal society,
women were inferior to men Noblewomen
Can inherit land, defend castle, send knights to war on lord’s request
Usually confined to activities of the home or convent
Peasants Women Most labor in home and field, bear children,
provide for family Poor, powerless, do household tasks at young age
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