The Age of Chivalry - Monday March 4th 2020

Reading Guide: 

 Knight in Feudal society 
1. Education - devoted lives to war-no time for learning

2. Weapons and equipment - leather saddles and stirrups kept soldiers from falling off, so they could carry heavier weapons. Wealth from fiefs meant knights could afford weapons, armor, and horses

 3. War games - tournaments-young knights, recreation w combat training, winners demanded ransoms from losers

4. Code of Chivalry - a moral system which went beyond rules of combat and introduced the concept of Chivalrous conduct 

5. Castle life - lived inside castle walls, lord demanded 40 days of combat per year. Past time was training for war by wrestling and hunting

6. Romantic love - duty to his lady as important as the duty to the lord. The Code of Chivalry made knights seem more romantic than brutal.


 Terms and Names: 

 chivalry- a complex set of ideas

 tournament- mock battles

 troubadour-traveling poet-musicians at castles and courts of Europe

 Using your notes: 

 2. Which ideas associated with chivalry have remnants in today’s society? Explain.
Men today should be loyal, brave, and courteous. They were taught this in their early years and were brought up to become soldiers. 

 Main Ideas: 

 3. What were two inventions from Asia that changed the technology of warfare in western Europe?Leather saddles and stirrups. The saddle kept the warrior firmly in place and the stirrups enable him to ride and handle heavier weapons.

 4. Who were the occupants of a castle?
Lord, Lady, their family, knights and other men-at-arms, and the servants

 5. What were some of the themes of medieval literature?
Many stories idealized castle life. They glorified knighthood and chivalry, tournaments, and real battles. Songs and poems about a knight's undying love for a lady were also very popular. Epic Poetry recounted a hero's deeds and adventures. Example THE SONG OF ROLAND

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