- Troubadours wandered the city singing about the brave knights

- Training was difficult and discipline was strict
-Laziness was punished with an angry blow or a severe beating

- They wore amour and fought on horseback
- They engaged tournaments, mock battles

Knights

- Chivalry required knights to be brave, true and honest
-Must treat captured knights well
- Protect the weak
- Made up about 5% of the population

- Many nobles became knights
- Boys began training to be a knight at the age of 7

-When training finished you were dubbed a knight at a public ceremony