The Path to Knighthood

The Path to Knighthood


In the Middle Ages, being a knight was the most honorable position a man could hold. They were heavily regarded as the most honest, courageous, and brave individuals that one could be. But, one could not just decide to be a knight, and easily become one. There was a very long process involved in becoming a knight, one that took up about fifteen years of a future-knight’s life. If one was born of the right blood, often the son of a current knight, they would become a page at a very young age, before becoming a squire, and finally a knight.
At the young age of only seven years old, one began the training that would lead to knighthood. The training usually took place at a nearby castle, often the castle of his father’s lord. As training for knighthood was a full-time process, the young boy would leave his home to go live here. A boy in this stage of the training was known as a page. Generally this lasted about seven or eight years before graduating to th...