Knights and Chivalry

A knight was someone who:

• Volunteered to be in the army

• Was a person of noble birth specifically trained for combat

• The fittest athletes in the village

• Was once a peasant

A knight's armour was...

• Cheap, after all people could not afford much

• Handed down from generation to generation

• Very expensive as it had to be specially made to fit the man

• Didn't exist during Medieval times as it wasn't invented

As a thanks for their service, some knights were given

• Nothing

• A horse

• A holiday

• Land

Knights were required to fight for minimum of how many days?

• 100 days

• There was no minimum

• 40 days

• A year's service

It was possible for wealthy knights to become lords.

• True

• False

How many years did it take to train as a page and a squire?

• 10 years

• Only a few months

• 20 years

• 7 years

Noble sons who were going to train as knights were sent to:

• A special "Knight School"

• Live alone in the forest and learn to fight

• To live with a lord where they would train as a knight

• Stay home to help their family

All boys who reached the stage of a squire would become a knight.

• True

• False

Where does the word 'chivalry' come from?

• Latin word for horse

• Latin word for code of conduct

• Latin word for armour

• Latin word for battle

Today knighthood still exists in England today as a great honour

• True

• False