Daily Life as a Knight’s Squire | Human Voiced, No Ads

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00:00:00 Intro and Welcome 00:02:15 The Path to Knighthood 00:09:32 Training and Education 00:18:36 Duties and Responsibilities 00:27:26 Warfare and Tournaments 00:37:34 The Ideals 00:43:18 Becoming a Knight 00:51:44 Thoughts and Conclusion Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXFf7OgCuOdcygnWp32Xk6g/join Support the channel on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ASMRHistorian Merch: https://histmerch.shop/ Sources and Further Reading Chaucer, G. (c. 1390). The Canterbury Tales – General Prologue (describing the Squire). Froissart, J. (14th cent.). Chroniques – (Eng. trans. “Chronicles”) [accounts of knights and squires in Hundred Years’ War]. Llull, R. (c. 1279). The Book of the Order of Chivalry – (medieval treatise on knighthood, via Caxton’s 15th-c. translation). Anonymous (c. 1225). Histoire de Guillaume le Maréchal – (biography of William Marshal). de Charny, G. (c. 1350). A Knight’s Own Book of Chivalry – (chivalric manual by a French knight). Britannica (2020). “Knighthood” – Britannica Student Encyclopedia (overview of training from page to squire to knight). Medieval Chronicles (2021). “Medieval Squire” – (online summary of squire training, duties, and knighting). Twinkl History Wiki (2023). “What was the life of a medieval knight like?” – (educational article on pages, squires, and knights). Historic UK – Johnson, B. (n.d.). “William Marshal: A True Knight’s Tale” – (popular history article with details on Marshal’s squire years). Kaeuper, R. & Kennedy, E. (2005). The Book of Chivalry of Geoffroi de Charny – (modern scholarly edition, context on knightly culture). Information sourced from Wiki, Gutenburg, JSTOR, primary and secondary sources. All information is congruent with archaeological and history evidence at the time of recording.