Section+13-3+The+Age+of+Chivalry

Section 13-3: The Age of Chivalry

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//The Technology of Warfare Changes:// - Leather saddles + stirrups = changed warfare in 700s - Could handle heavier weapons

//The Warrior's Role in the Feudal System:// - Western Europe = war zone of competing Nobles - To defend territory got knights to defend land - Gave knights land in their estate as payment - Knights need to server in battle (about 40 days yearly)

//Knighthood and the Code of Chivalry:// - Knights had code of chivalry <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Set code of conduct for a knight <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Made knight fight for three masters (Lord, God, Wife) <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Ideal knight = brave, loyal, and courteous <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Many beat peasants

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">//A Knight's Training:// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- At age of 7 = boys sent to live with other lords to serve as pages <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Practiced fighting skills <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Age 14 became squire <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Acted as servant to a knight <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Age 21 became knights

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">//Brutal Reality of Warfare:// <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- 1100s castles = heavily defended <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Siege = gory and bloody affairs

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">//Epic Poems:// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Poems retold glory of knighthood, tournaments, battle, and castle life <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Epics retold stories like King Arthur <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- The Song Of Roland = one of first poems written

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">//Love Poem's and Songs:// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Troubadours = traveling poet-mucisians <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Told stories of joy and sorrow of love <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Lovesick knights = never win

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">//Noblewomen:// <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Could inherit estate of lord <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Upon lord request could send knights to battle <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Lady acted as military commander of castle if lord was off at war <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Most time role = limited

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">//Peasant// //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;"> Women: // <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Worked hard labor <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Bore children and took care of family and house hold <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Not educated <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">- Poor and Powerless