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21 = Knight

Weapons and Armor

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"Being a Knight was a mark of honor"

  • Protect the weak
  • Respect women
  • Be honorable
  • Be brave
  • Be devout
  • Be courteous
  • Be generous

Dubbing consist in tapping lightly on the shoulder by way of conferring knighthood

A Knight's Code of Honor

Fighting

Wrestling

Acrobatics

Throwing the javelin

Putting (throwing) the stone

Squire Exercises

Knights and Squires of the Elizabethan Era

Becoming a Knight

7 years old = Page

  • Cared for lord's clothes
  • Helped the get dressed

14 years old = Esquire (Squire)

  • Follow his master into battle
  • Take care of armor and horse
  • Prepare Knight for fight

Armors had many layers...

1st layer - hauberk : chain mail under the main armor

2nd Layer - Main Armor

Helmets protected head, slits made it possible to see and breathe

Pauldrons protected shoulders

Couters protected elbows

Breastplates covered the chest

Gauntlets protected hands but made it hard to move them

Cuisses protected thighs

Poleyns covered knees

Greaves protected shins

Sabatons covered feet

Swords

swords were very important in many ways

Armors...

Types of swords

Longswords

Thrusting swords

Slashing

Horses

were indispensable to knights

  • Had lots of straps
  • Were difficult to move around with
  • Were flexible
  • Weighed from 40 to 55 pounds!

Shaffron: protected neck and head

Longer blades and hilts ; to be held with two hands

Perfect for cutting off arms, legs, and heads.

Sharp, narrow blades. made to pierce through weak armor spots

Other interesting weapons

Maces

Daggers

Lances

and more!

Caltrops

Battle-axes

Image Work Cited

Armor of George Clifford, Third Earl of Cumberland. Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. New

York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Web

Axe Battle Ax 26 Inches. N.d. Web

Central Intelligence Agency. Caltrop (Tire Spike). 7 March 2011.

Dann, Geoff. n.n. 2007. Print

Italian horse armour. N.d. Web

Kantor, Katherine. n.n. n.d. Print

Lance.n.d. Web.

Leighton, Edmund Blair. "The Accolade" (Knighting ceremony). N.d. Polycoat, LLC.

Rama. Mace. N.d. Web.

Romeo, Alfa. N.n. n.d. Web

Whimsy, Karen.

---Elizabethan Costumes – Image 3. 2011. Web

---Knights Armor – Image 5. 2011. Web

Dagger n.d Web

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