• By Brooke R, Matt K, Ethan K
What the knights weapons are
• The flail was a wooden stick with a spiked
medal ball connected on a chain to the
wooden stick.
• The poleaxe was a long wooden stick that
comes to a point with a curved medal axe
attached to the top.
The 4 steps to becoming a knight
• 1 you have to become a page at a palace
at the age of 7.
• 2 you have to become a squire at the age
of 13 at this point you’re an apprentice to a
knight.
• 3 when your master thinks your ready to
be a knight there is a ceremony.
• 4 then you take an oath.
The way knights got their status
Medieval knights held weapons
according to their status and
position which was determined
by the Feudal system
Medieval weapons
• the knights used broadswords,
bastardswords, great swords,
flails, poleaxes, short swords,
long swords.
• Middle age weapons included:
battleaxes, maces, catapults,
cross bows, bows, spears, war
hammer.
Fast facts 1
• The knights templar is similar to the
crusades.
• The knights wore chainmail and used a
sword and shield while in the chainmail.
Fast Facts 2
• Women could become knights.
• It was very expensive to be a knight, the
horse alone cost more than a small
airplane.
Fast Facts 3
• When you became a knight it was a
federal agreement.
• Knights could pay shield money to there
lord instead of military service.
• They got shield money by doing deeds for
the king.
Military
• In medieval times there was ether 26
battles or war
The coat of arms
• The coat of arms were
pretty much the id of
the knights lords.
• The designs would
indicate whom the
knight belonged to.
Chivalry
• It was a code the knights had to abide by.
• Knights had to protect the weak, be
curdies to all women, be loyal to the king,
and serve god at times.
Top 4 Battles in Medieval Times
• The crusades
• The hundred years of war between
England and France
• The Norman conquest
• The war of the roses
The crusades
• The crusades were fought against the
Muslims.
• The crusades were fought in nine trips.
• They were fought for Christianity.
Work Sites
• http://www.shesheneceni.co.uk/images/medieval%20weapons
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• http://www.castles.me.uk/medievalweapons.htm
• www.hyw.com/books/history/evolutio.htm
• www.medevieal-spell.com/knights-in-nidal
-ages.html
• www.middle-ages.org.uk/middle-agesweapons.htm
Review
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List the 5 swords.
What were the Crusades?
How many crusade trips were made?
Could a women become a knight?
What 4 steps did you have to do to
become a knight?