Informative Speech On Knights Day

Do you know what a knights day started with? Well that is what we will be talking about today. First will be talking about what a knight did daylily. Next we'll be talking the weapons that the knights used. The last thing that we will be talking about is their armor.

A knight would pray before going to sleep and in the morning. Knights would eat breakfast then would train with swords, maces,and greatswords. And they would do this at the quintain and the pell. Then he would learn more about seiges and weapons with discussions of warfare. In the middle of the day there would be meals and prayers. As the medieval period advanced knights would practice dancing and chivalry. The after noon would consist of increasing horsemanship and accompanying a lord, Hunting, hawking, or inspecting the estate. Then after evening prayer they would feast in the castle or manor house. After the meal there would be

One of them was called the zweihander this was a massive greatsword that the blade by itself is 84 inches. Zweihander is german for two hander and it actually needed to be wielded with two hands. And it was surprisingly only 4.4 to 7.1 pounds so you really had to carry it with two hands. Another weapon knights used were maces were a ball on a handle the ball sometimes had. Spikes or 4 unsharpened blunt blades on it so that it would put a dent in armor and the apounets skull. But then less armored knights would use daggers a short pointed knife. Then there would be flails that would consist of a spiked ball attached to a chain that connected to a wood handle. And was usually used for torturing prisoners. Next are lances a long spear like weapon designed for horseback. And now the most common weapon in the medieval era is the sword. The sword was used for slashing and stabbing and is longer than a knife or dagger. Knight shields were either fashioned from steel or iron or evan