Becoming+a+Knight

 ** By: Afiq **  Did you wonder how someone became a brave knight? Is it hard to become a knight? At age seven, boys began to study and train to become a knight. Training to become a knight at age 7, when a young boy was sent to live at the castle of a great lord. Often, the castle belonged to an uncle or another relative. At the castle, the boy learned good manners and such skills as singing, dancing and playing chess. Playing games like tag and wrestling built up his strength. He learned how to hold and use sword and shield (weapon). The young page has chores to do, too. After seven or eight years as a page, the young man becomes a squire. By then, he was about 14 years old. As a squire, he acted as the personal servant to a knight. He set the table and served the meal. Then he learned how to ride a horse and use a sword and lance. A squire might build up his strength by carrying a sword and armor twice as heavy as the one he would use in the battle. Then he followed his master into the battle.

When he was twenty, he could become a knight after proving himself. A knight would agree. After all agreed, he received a real sword and the shield. Now, the boy was called a brave knight and the boy’s dream comes true. So the answer is yes. It is hard to become a knight.

Picture Sources Lynchs.com Theatrical Department Store [] DK images [|www.dkimages.com/.../ previews/870/90003684.JPG] Information Sources Sands, Stella. Knights & Castles, Kids Discover, 1999