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Life as a knight

Adult life as a knight divided into two typical stages. In the first, the young man was a member of another man’s household; later, he would have his own manor or castle to govern. In the first stage, he had … Continue reading

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Becoming a knight

Teenage boys who were in training to become knights crossed into adulthood with the ceremony of dubbing. There were squires who never became full knights, or who remained squires well through their 20s. This would be the case if their … Continue reading

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Boy knights

Medieval children born into land-owning (that is, aristocratic) families had a specific career future to prepare for. Until the late Middle Ages, they were less likely to go to school than their non-aristocratic age peers. In the early Middle Ages, … Continue reading

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