MinJu 8C
To become a knight, he must bath to wash away all his sins, then he get dressed. The white tunic shows that he is pure, the redrobe means that he is ready to be wounded in god's service. And then he goes without food for 24 hours. He spends a whole night praying in church, his armour lying beside him. At dawn, he goes to a service, and he admits all his sins, then he gets his armour on. His sword is blessed by a priest. He promises to be loyal and brave, and to protect the poor and weak. The king strikes the knight with flat of his sword. The word chivalry comes from the french word chivalerie, meaning horsemanship. I don't think chivalry still exist in our lives. Knights were land owners, and in return for the land, the knight had both to spend 40 days serving in the army and to find more men to fight for the king. They held fake battles when there were no wars.These were like real battles but they didn't use dangerous weapon becuase they are not going to kill each other! A sport called jousting developed. In joust, they rode straight to each other, and held a lance were used to try to knock the other knights off the horse.
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