Mr. Cotignola 3/23/09 Aim: How has the code of chivalry for knights glorified both combat and romantic love? Do Now: Make a list of stories you have read before that feature knights in them? How is the knight portrayed? Standards: 2 and

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Mr. Cotignola 3/23/09 Aim How
has the code of chivalry for knights glorified
both combat and romantic love?Do Now Make a
list of stories you have read before that feature
knights in them? How is the knight
portrayed?Standards 2 and 5HW due Friday
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Middle Ages

• During the Middle Ages, nobles constantly fought
  one another. Their feuding led to people having
  a high value in combat skills and increased
  violence.
• Knights began fighting on horseback
• Leather saddles or stirrups changed the way
  warfare was conducted in the Middle Ages
• Stirrups allowed a warrior to firmly sit on a
  horse and carry heavier weapons

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Knighthood

• 3. Knights were awarded with land from the
  feudal lords in exchange for their service
• 4. In times when they were not fighting they
  were training for skills needed on the battle
  field
• 5. The Code of Chivalry- Knights were expected
  to display courage in battle and loyalty to their
  lord. He was devoted to his feudal lord, his
  heavenly lord and his chosen lady
• 6. Young knights competed in mock battles
  called tournaments

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Castles and Siege Weapons

• 7. Castle and siege weapons
• Siege Tower supported soldiers and weapons
  allowed men to gain access to the castle
• Battering Ram used to crack castle walls or
  knock down draw bridge
• Tortoise sheltered soldiers from falling arrows
• Trebuchet worked like a slingshot to shoot
  objects up to 980 feet. Objects included
  boulders, severed heads, dead horses, diseased
  cows and captured soldiers

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Literature

• 8. Literature in Middle Ages downplayed the
  violence and glorified knighthood, chivalry and
  castle life
• 9. Troubadours were traveling poet-musicians at
  the castles and courts of Europe

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Role of Women

• 10. Women in feudal society were mostly
  powerless, like many men
• 11. Noble women could inherit property and send
  knights to war.
• 12. Peasant women worked endlessly and took care
  of their families.