From knights of Round Table to game ofthrones our culture loves stories
with knights but taking away what is said about them
In fiction we know very little about the true men of armor who
fought wars and royal tournaments in the middle Ages
check here in the Original Facts 10 curiosity of the medieval knights
number 10 arbalestra knights was one big difference on the battlefield
for centuries for a long time It seemed like no one could ever
I ironically replaced them. provoked by a very simple invention
called arbalestra invented in the 12th century is a kind of beast made of steel for
that could withstand a lot of attention greater than the common beasts and cast
the arrows at long distances with greater accuracy with an accurate
300 meters relatively fast recharge and easy to operate
she could drill ripe and suddenly the mighty knights with all their
combat skills and a life training was nothing more.
than an easy target for a soldier who I was learning to draw what I was doing.
only two weeks a soldier particularly skilled with the arbalesta
could bring down two riders for minute and stay safely out of the
reach with the arrival of this weapon was Of course, the time of the knights in the
battlefield had finished especially since gunpowder weapons
were invented shortly after number 9 many spiral castles
Medieval had stairs to breathe and intelligently built between its
floors usually located next to the
castle walls in a tower and staircase usually running along the wall
exterior and the rooms were built in the middle space
this design was intended to protect individuals in the countryside in case of war
if an enemy army invaded the castle the knights had much
difficulty climbing the narrow ladder while fighting at the same time
the defenders had an advantage medieval spiral staircases were
known so that the invaders they had to move with their side
left forward what was a serious problem because virtually everyone
the knights wielded their swords with your hands right number 8 expensive fief
being a knight came out extremely expensive armor weapons
The horse and servants all cost a amount
obscene money beyond the cost of normal life yet the knights
was a vital part of any army so that the ruler of each region
had to provide these heroes with so that they could sustain the
The solution to this problem was system in which the ruler gave his
riders a lot of land and people who lived on said land pay a fee
he the knight had the right to govern these people as well
I understood but he had to fight along with his
men in the ruler's army and if the convened number 7 virtues of the
there was a code of conduct chivalry that men in armor
had to follow this behavior and beyond the battlefield and often
strapped for day-to-day codes conduct and etiquette was extremely
rigorous but its essence could be compensated in the votes that a knight
during his ordination ceremony including never dealing with
traitors never give bad advice to a regardless of your status
and always treat it with respect and defend it against any danger
participate in fasting and abstinence attend Mass daily and do
offers from the Catholic Church the latter votes were obviously included in the
ceremony by the church itself when they began to preach the first crusade in the
11th century draw up a subject plan for bring the knights on board his
mission the Catholic Church introduced its own code of chivalry here without
surprise revolved around to do what the church said and defend
Christianity although the behavior riders risk was common in events
there were not many knights who these ideas when
a battle instead the majority He chose to kill as many
people as you could as soldiers practical men did not risk being
dead simply to be more knights than their number 6
to the origins of knighthood knights as the name itself suggests are warriors
associated with horses the knights of the middle ages mounted a
warhorse known as steeds huge animals trained for the
battle however the origin of the cavalry may have
which occurred before the peak of Roman empire although it can not be
conclusively linked knights and imposed considerable respect when the
Emperor Charles Magnus combined a class of noblemen of these warriors with the
concept of feudalism was born cavalry as we know number 5
armor no knights dreaming entering a battlefield in your
armor she had to be made under measure since the clothes were of
metal and other inflexible materials was essential that it fit so well
as well as possible the armor also became stronger as the
time originally knights wore just a collection of quilted clothes
and knitted chains in accordance with advanced armor technology has reached its
full version that view in most of movies
this armor she complexed and weighed about 22 kilos she could divert
blows from most medieval weapons but the quality and
armor were not restricted to being saved Armors were also a
status symbol the better the armor was more important the knight
also was number 4 sport the tournaments of knights or just
started as a tactical exercise of medieval combat or served to
training when they became a sports event such as popular culture
the picture already there were not many wars to fight when the crusades ended
and knights had no more battles To win
quickly emerged beyond just others style says generic term
used in the middle ages to refer to to various types of martial games events
popular movements included the passage of in which a knight had to pass through
a melee opponent group and a group of horsemen divided into two
teams fought each other on foot number 3 training a knight training
was that of the process that began at seven years and lasted until 14
potential rider first had that serve as page at that point he
he was just a servant who had to do what your master wanted
although most of the training was made in games and sports
some were extremely dangerous in the age of 14 become a squire
each squire would generally serve a specific rider acting as a
kind of butler and helping the style and keep his armor clean the squire
was seen as the man capable of fighting in the battlefield as such its formation
became increasingly dangerous injuries were common since the ability to
traditional knights were part of his training number 2 crosses the
crusades were campaigns of war because roads through the church to
to conquer the holy land and to Muslims were for centuries the
main battles in which riders showed their talent and did not
it was a few battles these struggles religious orders were almost
constantly for about 200 years eight major crusades occurred or
9 if you include the peasants' crusade
and many other minors in the middle and unfortunately for the knights
the Crusades were ultimately a failure to the holy land fell into the hands of
nod yet this did not prevent a
succession of popes ordered new crusades against various enemies
mainly the political enemies of the europe in the coming centuries number 1
modern knights since 1560 the term knights with a military honor
essentially ceased to exist today some still true
gentlemen who inherited a title but Most new knight titles
are granted because of the contributions that its recipients
made for modern society in one form or another although still
there are many orders of cavalry which were created after the middle ages
were designed specifically as means of honor deserving individuals for
example the cavalry given to the people famous as elton john are merely
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