Knighthood: Knights In The Middle Ages

Knights in the middle ages endured a lot of training not only in adulthood but in their early stages of knighthood. They began training at a young age and as they matured they moved up in the hierarchy. From around age 8 to 14 when they become a squire and work for their lord at the castle.(the late middle ages) Often times knights in Hollywood films are depicted as these luxurious prince charming characters. When in reality they were pretty gruesome fighters who were far from living a luxurious lifestyle due to the fact they were fighting or protecting their lord most of the time. Some were born into knighthood and some had to earn their way into it which was much harder. The children surprising to me started at a really young age and endure train for most of their childhood. The children that were sons of knights were born noble and had the chance to become a knight if they choose to do so.(the late middle ages) If they choose to become a knight their training began early at around age 8. As they started to learn some fighting skills to establish a

A ceremony was held at the local lords court. The ceremony was when a knight was dubbed and the word arise sir knight were said. This final part of the ceremony would have been knighted by a local knight, or if they were very lucky by a noble or even the king. The ceremony marked the final steps to knighthood made by a Medieval Squire. The Squires served and performed their duties for seven years and became a Knight at the age of twenty. Sometimes knighthood was dubbed to a squire at an earlier age as a reward for bravery on the battlefield. In time of war Squires accompanied Knights on the battlefield, leading and tending to the horses and dressing them in the Knight's Armor. They came under fire from arrows and many squires were killed doing their