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A complex set of ideals, demanded that a knight fight
bravely in defense of three masters.
o 1. Earthly feudal lord
o 2. Heavenly lord
o 3. Chosen Lady
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Mock battles
Combined recreation with combat training.
Two armies of knights charged each other.
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Traveling poet-musicians at the castles and courts of
Europe.
They composed short verses and short stories about the
joys and sorrows of romantic love.
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Warriors on horseback.
Valuable in combat during the reign of Charlemagne's
grandfather.
Role: nobles created private armies, rewarded them with
land(fiefs). Helping knights could afford to pay for costly
weapons, armor, and warhorses.
Technology:
o Saddles and stirrups
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Sons of nobles began training for knighthood at an early
age and learned the code of Chivalry.
Acted as a squire at 14= servant of a knight.
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Noblewomen
o Could inherit an estate
o Send knights to war
o Could act as military commander
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Peasant women
o Endless labor around the home/field
o Bore children/ cared for families
o Church influence status of medieval women.