Create a 4-6 slide comic strip Becoming a Knight Create a 4-6 slide comic strip Step 1: Having the right connections Step 2: Childhood upbringing Step 3: Becoming a Page Step 4: Becoming the Squire Step 5: Becoming a Knight

STEPS 1 & 2 Having the right connections Generally came from a wealthy or noble family as owning a horse and armor were expensive Steps began as a young boy, ages 3-7 Learn good manners, toys would include wooden swords & shields Attend tournaments and hear stories of brave knights

STEP 3: Becoming a Page Ages 7-14 (pecking order) Assist the Lord by waiting at the table, assist them in dressing, receive an education (reading, writing, arithmatic)and lessons in music and dancing Learn how to hunt, play games (chess or backgammon), horsemanship skills (holding & tilting a lance), religious training Attend tournaments

Step 4: Becoming the Squire Be a servant to the knight for 7 years (up until age 21) Tend to horses of the Knight, fight alongside him in battle Learn rules of Chivalry Social rules of life in the castle Learn courtly etiquette Could become a knight early if you were brave on the battlefield

(Code of Chivalry) Believe the Church's teachings and observe all the Church's directions. Defend the Church. Respect and defend all weaknesses. Love your country. Show no mercy to the Infidel. Do not hesitate to make war with them. Perform all your feudal duties as long as they do not conflict with the laws of God. Never lie or go back on one's word. Be generous to everyone. Always and everywhere be right and good against evil and injustice. Duties to countrymen and fellow Christians: this contains virtues such as mercy, courage, valour, fairness, protection of the weak and the poor, and in the servant-hood of the knight to his lord. This also brings with it the idea of being willing to give one’s life for another’s; whether he would be giving his life for a poor man or his lord. Duties to God: this would contain being faithful to God, protecting the innocent, being faithful to the church, being the champion of good against evil, being generous and obeying God above the feudal lord. Duties to women: this is probably the most familiar aspect of chivalry. This would contain what is often called courtly love, the idea that the knight is to serve a lady, and after her all other ladies. Most especially in this category is a general gentleness and graciousness to all women.

Step 5: Becoming a Knight After learning skills of combat and chivalry there would be a Knighthood ceremony Ceremony: Bath of Purification: symbolic of bathing away sin and worldly pleasures. Fast for 24 hours and pray at an all-night vigil. Next day, receive your armor and sword is blessed by Priest Words spoken: “Arise, Sir Knight” or “In the name of God, I dub thee Knight” by a noble (or even the King!) Tapped on shoulder with the flat of the sword