Tuesday, May 17, 2011

How did the knighthhood get started?

      It all started with a shipment from asia to europe, if you are woundering what a stirup is well all it is, is something that helps you fight while you are on a hourse. So it just helps you stay up right and ride and fight other people. This was very important for knights.

       Now most  knights came from noble families. They sent the boys for along period of time to to train. This taught them how to fight. Also how to behave properly or behave like a knight would. That is the knighthood started.

What did knights do?

     Knights were the defenders. They defended anything the king told them to do.They guarded the castle also. They were also considered the kings body guards. They also went on special missons for the king they call these like quests.

     They were also kinda like the kings private army. He paid them to do his deeds. To also protect the people in the castle. these are some of the things that the knights did.

Wat were the wepons and armor that knights used?

     The knights used a wide variety of weapons.one of the most common one ones that most people might know that they used are swords to fight with. Also they had daggers. Those are knifes that you fight with when you are in very close quarters with a enemy.

     Some  of the things that the knights used for defence.they all had metal armor to block some of the blows they took but not all of them. Under that armor they had even more armor! They called this chain mail. It is a bunch of chain pu together to stop the blows. The last piece of armor they had was there shield. The shield was made up of either metal or wood. those were some of the weapons and armor the knights used.

What are two district groups, and what was there social class?

One of these district groups was were you guessed it the knights! Now the knights were intermediate level in the social class. They were right above the peasant's in the social structure. So that tells you how much they paid there military they paid them as little as they would let them.

        the other district group were the nobles . Now unlike the knights the nobles were more wealthy and higher up the social class at least compared to the knights. The nobles were more respected then the knights. those are the two district groups the knights and the nobles are those.

What did the knights in the military do?

     They were the armed forces on horse back. They all had specific weapons that all knights had hauberk. A helmet to protect there heads from attacks to them.  They also had a shield to block the attacks from enemies. A sword was customarily to the knights was a sword to attack them. These were all things that the knights used in battle plus many more things is what I'm guessing.

     Those such things were possessed by the military. Also by the nobles who were in the military. Which most nobles were a big part of the military. The other class that owned the weapons of knights were the owning class of all these things.Those are some of the things that the knights used to fight in the military.