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Age of Chivalry Chapter 13 Section 3

Age of Chivalry Chapter 13 Section 3. New Technology Leather saddles & stirrups – through contact with Muslims in Battle of Tours Knights on horseback

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Age of Chivalry

Chapter 13 Section 3

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New Technology

• Leather saddles & stirrups – through contact with Muslims in Battle of Tours

• Knights on horseback became most important part of army

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Knight’s Role

• Fought to defend the territory of their feudal lord– Rewarded with land (fiefs)– Weapons & armor were $$$ - had to

afford to be a knight

• Knight’s main obligation was to serve in battle– Only 40 days of the year in combat!

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Knighthood & Chivalry

• Code of Chivalry – ideals demanded of a knight– Be loyal to his feudal lord, obey God,

and be nice to the ladies– Protected the weak & poor– Brave, courteous

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Age of Chivalry?

• Some took it seriously, others didn’t. It tended to break down especially towards the later Middle Ages.

• The Middle Ages wasn’t a time of fairy tale castles and noble, honorable knights. It was a nasty time of political intrigue, bloody wars, and brutish men exercising their limited power in order to gain more power. Just like any other time.

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Training

The prospective knight went through three stages:

1) Page- Younger years (age 7) - Assistant to squire & Lord

2) Squire (age 14)- Was Robin to a knight’s

Batman- Took care of knight’s

equipment

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3) Knight (age 21)- When he becomes a full-fledged

soldier who officially enters into a feudal arrangement with a lord.

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Tournaments

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Literature of Chivalry

• Themes = idealized castle life, glorified knighthood, knight’s undying love for lady

• The Song of Roland – famous epic poem– Praised French soldiers killed in battle

• Troubadours – traveling poet-musicians• Eleanor of Aquitaine

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Roles of Women

• Noblewomen- Inherit estate- Send knights to war, defend castle- Still limited, confined lives

• Peasant women- Endless labor in home

& fields- No education

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Enough about chivalry…What about the weapons and warfare?

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Plate Armor

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Shields

Triangular shields meant to repel blows.

“Coat of Arms” – symbols to represent family, manor

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Crossbows & Longbows

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• Mantlet

Siege Weapons

• Siege Tower

• Battering Ram

• Trebuchet