Accompanying servant
The sons of nobles were sent to the families of lords or kings to receive various skills training since childhood. Learn to serve kings and aristocratic women and receive good culture and etiquette education. And cultivate excellent leadership temperament.
Young people who want to be knights have to practice martial arts hard in their teens. In the Lord's house, they should exercise muscle strength, coordinate their limbs and improve their skills in using weapons. Usually they quarrel with their peers, and sometimes they quarrel with the knight master. However, even after very intense combat practice, you should keep your clothes clean and tidy. Not all young people can finish such hard exercises and finally get the title of knight.
Squire comes from French ecuyer, which means shield holder. In 1 1 and12nd century European countries, attendants were regarded as inferior. But this is the only way for aristocratic children to become knights. In the13rd century, becoming a knight was a very extravagant thing, and it cost a lot of money to hold a ceremony. Many young nobles would rather be attendants than knights. So the word squire gradually became the meaning of squire and landlord. The arm training waiter cut the stake with a flat-headed blunt sword. The weight of the sword used is twice that of the real combat sword, so as to exercise the muscle strength of the arm and better adapt to the needs of the battle. Chaucer's squire Chaucer (English poet, 1340- 1400) wrote the story Canterbury Tales in 1380, telling the life of a 20-year-old squire. The young waiter has elegant manners and can sing, compose music, dance, paint oil and write poems. In addition, he has superb riding skills and is the champion of equestrian competition. Another story is just the opposite. The attendants in the story are not as savage, rude and ignorant as Chaucer described. 1288, in Boston, England, two groups of attendants held a contest on the pretext of burning half the village to the ground. Chaucer wrote down how the attendants cut meat at dinner, and the majestic father was examining his son. Because the skill of cutting meat is also a compulsory course for aristocratic family attendants. The practice of riding a gun is achieved through a wooden gun target. The gun target is generally made into the shape of a soldier, with a shield in his left hand and a wooden pendulum in his right. When the practitioner hits the shield of his left hand, the pendulum of his right hand will swing. You must gallop past the horse to avoid the attack of the wooden hammer. The last attendant will be knighted. During the ceremony, the receiver should hit his neck with his hand. /kloc-After 0/3rd century, he patted his left shoulder with his sword again, and then the knight picked up his sword and tied it around his waist. Waiters can be presided over by bishops, elderly knights or kings. The training of medieval knights was born with aristocratic status, but chivalry was acquired through training. If the nobility is a class of feudal society, then the knight belongs to a "society" in the aristocratic class. All knights are nobles, but not all nobles are knights. A boy from an aristocratic family, when he was about seven years old, was entrusted by his father to the Lord or another aristocratic family and began knight education. It is the mistress of the fortress who is responsible for educating him. The identity of a child is how a "waiter" is trained to be a "gentleman". Social rules such as etiquette, appearance, speech and attitude are all items that he should learn. He even works as a waiter at banquets or meals. When he was about fourteen years old, he further became a squire and learned how to be a soldier from the male owner of the fortress. Riding a horse, using various weapons and fighting skills are important training items. When the Lord is at war or at war, it is a good opportunity for him to practice. But he also does everything a servant does: the Lord eats and waits on him. The hunter, he will follow around; The Lord marches, he saves and cleans up all kinds of weapons and mounts; It's a pity that the Lord is injured and wants to go to the rescue, but he doesn't have to take part in actual combat. In a word, from the guidance of the Lord at ordinary times and the actual observation in wartime, this follower learned the way of chivalry-to be a good knight. After more than ten years of training, when he was about twenty or twenty-one, he changed from a "servant" to a knight and held a ceremony called "dubbing". The initial etiquette was very simple, called "Accolade" (knighthood ceremony), in which a VIP-usually the Lord who trained him-gently pressed the recipient's neck with his sword. Later, due to the influence of the church and the prosperity of social economy, etiquette gradually became religious and the scene became more luxurious. On the night before the "gift", bathing the knight-to-be first means not only the cleanliness of the body-bathing was an unusual thing at that time, but also a symbol of the cleanliness of the mind; I will keep vigil and pray in the church in the future. The next day, attend mass first, and the priest will be blessed with a sword, and the quasi-knight will swear allegiance to the church and protect the weak; Then he put on his new armor, took his sword and spurs, mounted his horse and ran wildly, throwing a pike at the shield tied to the column, which was called "Quintain", and the knighthood ceremony was all successful. The above is the general knight promotion ceremony.