General Facts About Knights

• Knights were alive in the middle ages

• They belonged to groups called orders, such as the order of St. John

• They were put in place to keep the peace or fight for their country if necessary

Armor• Knights wore armour to

protect their bodies

• Their armor consisted of a helmet, breastplate, sword, shield, helmet, shoulder pads, arm plates, metal gloves, leg greaves, mace and a lance.

• Sometimes they had plated armor on their horses

Jousting

• Jousting was a sport and it was also used to sharpen their fighting skills

• The knights would be armed with a lance and a shield

• You win by knocking a knight off his horse or breaking his lance

The War Of The Roses

• The war of the roses involved many knights

• It was a war between the house of York and the house of Lancaster

• The house of Lancaster is represented by the white Rose

• The house of York is represented by the red rose.

How to Become A Knight

• You would start as a page, who worked in the stables

• Then would become a squire who assisted the knight with his armor

• Only rich people could afford knight school