The medieval era was a time of constant warfare
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The medieval era was a time of constant warfare. The most significant person on the battlefield was the knight in his armour.
· loyal to the Catholic Church · dedicated to helping those who were weak and easily exploited · brave in battle . . . He drank himself into a stupor with considerable regularity. His castle was usually filled with prostitutes. If he got annoyed with his opponent during a chess game, he was inclined to brain him with one of the massive pieces of the day. If his wife annoyed him, he beat her savagely. When a servant was slow to bring his wine, he threw a javelin at him to speed his steps. S. Painter, A History of the Middle Ages 284±1500, Macmillan, London, 1976. He is brave and courtly and skilful, and noble and of good family and eloquent, handsomely experienced in hunting and falconry; he knows how to play chess and backgammon, gaming and dicing. And his wealth was never denied to any, but each has as much as he wants . . . He has never been slow to perform honourable deeds. He dearly loves God and the Trinity . . . he has honoured the poor and lowly; and he judges each according to his worth. Girart, in H. Middleton, The Age of Chivalry,Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1988. · willing to fight to protect women. According to this description, how many codes of chivalry have been broken by this knight?
Source c. Different descriptions of knights. What did knights do when they weren’t at war? When not in battle, knights practised their skills. They did this individually in exercises called `tilting the quintain' or in organised tournaments. Tournaments developed from the custom of teams of knights jousting or competing against one another on a local field. Some knights would get badly wounded and some even died competing at tournaments. Tournaments attracted large audiences that enjoyed the excitement of seeing who would be the hero of the day. People could differentiate between knights through their individual coat of arms. Directory: file -> view view -> Stage I established Goals view -> Abolition and Women’s Rights in Antebellum America Abolitionism (pp. 344-354) view -> Questions: Why did they call for ending slavery? view -> Group 3b dbq project: 19 view -> The British West Indies were islands that were colonized by Great Britain, stretching across the Caribbean from Jamaica through the Lesser Antilles to British Guiana view -> Secretary of the Treasury Samuel Chase sought to fund the Union war effort by doing all of the following view -> Abolition: the action or an act of abolishing a system, practice, or institution Download 16.33 Kb. Share with your friends:
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