The Knights Role In Medieval Times

The Knights role in Medieval Times centered around enhancing their knightly skills in the use of weapons, horsemanship and medieval warfare. The Medieval Knights Armor was extremely expensive to produce. It had to be tailor-made to fit the Knight exactly or the Knight ran the risk of an ill-fitting suit of armor hampering him in battle. A Medieval Knight's Armor was a complex series of garments, chain mail, and iron plate. The warhorse, often a destroyer, was favored by the Knight on a horse. The Warhorses also wore armor. A knight was expected to have not only the strength and skills to face combat in the violent era of the Medieval Times.

A knight was expected to have not only the strength and skills to face combat in the violent era of the Medieval Times but was also
expected to temper this aggressive side with a chivalrous side to his nature. The ideas described in the Code of Chivalry were emphasized by the oaths and vows, that was sworn in the Knighthood ceremonies of the Medieval era. These sacred oaths of combat were combined with the ideals of chivalry and with strict rules of etiquette and codes of conduct towards women. The Code of Chivalry dictated that a Knight should be brave and fearless in battle, but would also exhibit cultured Knightly qualities showing themselves to be devout, loyal, courteous and generous. Various ceremonies were attended and oaths made before a man could become a knight. The Code of Chivalry was a moral system which went beyond the rules of combat and introduced the concept of Chivalrous conduct and courtly love. The Medieval castles served as Strict Codes of Conduct dictated the life of a Knight during the Medieval times and the strict etiquette of their everyday life revolved around the Code of Chivalry, courtly manners and courtly love. The qualities expected of a Medieval knight included bravery, courtesy, honor, and gallantry toward women.

In the feudal society, though, knights played a hierarchy, many were given grants of land from their lords. In return, they were given grants of land from their lords. In return, they were expected to protect their lords when required and also fight for the king. In addition to this, many Knights also received income in form of food and supplies from peasants in exchange for protection. The privileges of the knight on the feudalism are the lord to peasants serfs, Grant land to vassals. And the obligations of a knight are vassals to church officials, provide protection and military service to Lord.

Medieval Europe was not a comfortable place for most women.
Medieval women invariably had a hard time in an era when many men lived harsh lives. A few women lived comfortable lives but Medieval society was completely dominated by men and women had to know ‘their place’ in such a society. Medieval society would have been very traditional. Women had little or no role to play within the country at large. Within towns, society would have effectively dictated what jobs a woman could do and her role in a medieval village would have been to support her husband. As well as doing her daily work, whether, in a town or village, a woman would have had many responsibilities with regards to her family. Within a village, women would have done many of the tasks men did on the land. However, they were paid less for doing the same job. Documents from Medieval Europe relating to what the common person did are rare, but some do exist which examine what villages did. For reaping, a man could get eight pence a day. For the same task, women would get five pence. For hay making, men would earn seven pence a day while women got 4 pence. In a male dominated society, no woman would openly complain about this
disparity.

The Medieval Church played a far greater role in Medieval Europe than the Church does today. In Medieval England, the Church dominated everybody’s life. All Medieval people – be they village peasants and townspeople – believed that God, Heaven, and Hell all existed. From the very earliest of ages, the people were taught that the only way they could get to Heaven was if the Roman Catholic Church let them. Everybody would have been terrified of Hell and the people would have been told of the sheer horrors awaiting them in Hell in the weekly services they attended. The control the Church had over the people was total. Peasants worked for free on Church land. This proved difficult for peasants as the time they spent working on Church land, could have been better spent working on their own plots of land producing food for their families.