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Wharram Percy/A Knight's Tale
Look across to the hill you can see squires practising swordsmanship near the castle. We see a lot of this as the Baron's castle is close to the manor. Their armour, called chain mail, is made of interlocking iron rings making it easier to move.
Knights are skilled horse soldiers who have been given their Manors by the Baron in return for serving in the army. Knights are trained in chivalry from about the age of 7 when they become a page, at 14 he will become a squire and continue with his education as a gentleman, learning about religion, and also learning how to fight with lance and sword. A successful squire will be knighted by the Baron or even the King in a ceremony where he swears to fight for God, his King and to be chivalrous.
One of the best things about living near the castle is that we can go to the tournaments where the knights display their skills.
Tournaments
Jousting is a very popular entertainment up at the castle. Knights charge at each other along opposite sides of a barrier and try to knock each other off their horse. A knight often jousted to show his love for a lady and wore her "gage", often a scarf. It's very dangerous. Several knights have been killed jousting at Percy castle.
Jousting like most medieval pastimes have a serious side too. They are ways of practising the skills they will need in battle.
Interactive exercises
Gap-fill
Complete the text by dragging the green fields!
Every boy dreamt of becoming a . This, however, took years of hard work.
At the age of 7 they became a and had to clean the , saddle the and clean the .
At 14 he will become a . A successful squire will be knighted by the or even the in a ceremony where he swears to fight for God, his King and to be chivalrous.
horsesBaronstablesknightweaponsKingsquirepage
What a life!
Knights and squires have different rights and tasks. Sort them!
A knight …
needn't
mustn't
must
protect women and childrendo the houseworkhelp the poorlie to his kingfight for his kingrun away in a battlemake his own weaponstorture his menwork on the fields
A squire …
didn't have to
wasn't allowed to
had to
learn how to sewfeed his knight's horsespeak badly about his knightsleep in the stableforget his knight's weaponsmarry a ladyclean his knight's weaponscook the mealslearn how to fight
Memo-Quiz
Find the pairs:
battle axelong bowarmour
sword.jpg)
helmet
shieldlance
Kreuzworträtsel
Can you do the a crossword puzzle? All the words are from unit 2!
If you click on the numbers, an input field will open!
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