Was it scary to be a knight By Tyler

Content’s page Weapons Armour Medieval food How to be a knight Medieval sport Medieval Siege Equipment Medieval jobs

Weapons In the middle ages they used all different types of weapons like this Battle Axe Throwing Axe Billhook Longbow The Butts Daggers Halberd Mace Warhorse Pole Weapons Pell Training Quarterstaff War Hammer The Axe Bow and Arrow Caltrops Crossbow Flail Jousting Lance Pike Pole Axe The Spear Quintain

Armour They also had armour like this. Armour was made in 400-1435

Medieval Food Medieval upper class meals:The daily meals for the Upper Classes during the Medieval times of the Middle Ages provided a huge variety of different types of food. Vegetables were limited for the Upper Classes. Only Lords and Nobles were allowed to hunt deer, boar, hares and rabbits and these foods were therefore used in the daily meals of the nobility.  Food items which came from the ground were only are considered fit for the poor. Only vegetables such as rape, onions, garlic and leeks graced a Noble's table. A type of bread called Manchet, which was a bread loaf made of wheat flour, was consumed by the Upper classes. Food was highly spiced. These expensive spices consumed by the wealthy included Pepper, Cinnamon, Cloves, Nutmeg, Ginger, Lower class meals:The staple diet of the lower classes were bread, pottage ( a type of stew), dairy products such as milk and cheese products and meats such as beef, pork or lamb. The punishment for poaching could result in death or having hands cut off, so the Lower Classes would only poach if they were desperate. The Lower Classes ate rye and barley bread. The poor could not afford to buy the spices so enjoyed by the wealthy.

How to be a knight To gain Knighthood in Medieval Times was a long and arduous task. Knighthood was not bestowed purely because a young man was the son of a noble. There were many steps to achieving a knighthood, requiring years of training. The steps towards achieving a knighthood started with training as a page and then as a squire, also referred to as esquire. The sons of Nobles, except those who were destined to take Holy Orders, were placed in the service of the great Lords of the land. These sons of the Medieval nobles were sent to live in the castle of their liege lord and commence their education as a Knight and learn the skills required as a Medieval Knight.

Medieval Sport The Medieval Knights practised their knightly skills at the tournaments of the Medieval era. Various forms of combat were practised at the tournaments including jousting, archery and hand to hand combat using swords and other weapons. This section covers Knights Tournaments and jousting including the history of jousting, jousting terminology and jousting weapons.

Medieval Siege Equipment Medieval Siege Weapons Medieval Catapults Trebuchet Ballista Battering Ram Mangonel Siege Tower Siege Warfare Siege Weapons Siege Weapon Design Under Siege Greek Fire Pike

Medieval Jobs Vassal - A Vassal or Liege was a free man who held land ( a fief ) from a lord to whom he paid homage and swore fealty. A vassal could be a Lord of the Manor but was also directly subservient to a Noble or the King Bailiff - A Bailiff was a person of some importance who undertook the management of manors Reeve - A Reeve was a manor official appointed by the lord or elected by the peasants Serf - A serf was another name for a peasant or tennant. Medieval Serfs were peasants who worked his lord's land and paid him certain dues in return for the use of land, the possession (not the ownership) of which was heritable. The dues were usually in the form of labor on the lord's land. Medieval Serfs were expected to work for approximately 3 days each week on the lord's land. Peasant or Villein - A peasant or villein was a low status tenant who worked as an agricultural worker or laborer. A peasant or villein usually cultivated 20-40 acres of land Cottager: A low class peasant with a cottage, but with little or no land who generally worked as a simple laborer Servant: Servants were house peasants who worked in the lord's manor house, doing the cooking, cleaning, laundering, and other household chores