Your Guide to Knights and the Age of Chivalry

Your Guide to Knights and the Age of Chivalry — page 3
here in the World During the Middle Ages societies around the world had a special group of elite warriors In Europe these warriors were called knights and a code of behavior emerged based on their service to their lords ENGLAND England Some of the most famous medieval knights and rulers came from England They were important in the Hundred Years War with France from 1337 until 1453 EUROPE Bruges FRANCE Tours Poitiers SPAIN Poitiers Eleanor of Aquitaine was born and died in Poitiers She was queen of France and England at different times Eleanor's court was a center of European culture where ideas such as courtly love were popular Courtly love described the way in which a knight fell love in with a lady and performed great deeds in her honor Tours The Knights of the Frankish ruler Charles Martel defeated Islamic invaders at Tours in 732 Charles created the feudal system that later became the basis of society in many parts of Europe G DESTINATION MIDDLE AGES