The Life of a Knight

The Life of a Knight
Every boy of noble birth had to undergo many years of training before he could become a knight. The training began when he was just a young boy. ( around the age of 7 years ) The young boy sometimes received training at home but usually he went to live with some well known lord of great wealth. Every important noble had several young lads living in his home as pages.
The pages helped the ladies of the court in everyway they could and they also learned many things from them. The ladies would teach them how to sing and dance. They would teach them how to compose music and play it on the harp. They also taught them how to make themselves useful and agreeable at all times. The ladies told them many stories of knights and heroes and those that could read taught the young pages how to read.
Many things were expected of a page and manners was high on that list. They were taught that when they enter their lord’s place they would say “G...