The age of Chivalry

The Age of Chivalry 

A. Identifying Supporting Details As you read about knighthood and chivalry, 

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1. Education 

• Age 7 boys were sent off
• Sent to another lord’s castle
• Waited on host and began to practice fighting skills
• At age 14 he reached rank of a squire
• Squires were servants to knights
• Age 21 he became a knight

2. Weapons and equipment

• Skilled archers were placed at the top of a castle with bows that could pierce armour
• Boiling water, hot oil, or molten lead were poured on enemies

3. War games

• Tournaments
• Combat training with recreation
• Fierce and bloody

4. Code of chivalry

• Expected to show courage in battle and loyalty to their lord
• Demanded that a knight fight bravely in defense of three masters.
• Devoted himself to his earthly lord, his hevanal lord, and his lady
• Protected the weak and poor
• Ideal knight was brave, loyal, and courageous 

5. Castle Life

• Lords and their lady
• Noblewomen played a key role in defending their castle
• When men were off fighting women were like military commanders

6. Romantic Love

• Joys and sorrows
• Created artificial image of women
• Songs and poems were composed

B. Using Context Clues Define the terms chivalry, tournament, and troubadour.

Chivalry- a complex set of ideals, demanded that a knight fight bravely in defense of three masters.

Tournament- Recreation with combat

Troubadour- traveling poet-musicians at the castles and courts of Europe

2. Which ideas associated with chivalry have  remnants in today’s society? Explain.

The idea of chivalry today is having good-manners and being polite.

MAIN IDEAS

3. What were two inventions from Asia that changed the technology of warfare in western Europe?

Leather saddles and stirrups

4. Who were the occupants of a castle?

Archers, women, lords, pages

5. What were some of the themes of medieval literature?

Love and epic poems