10 Random Knight Facts
- Sometimes fought on piggy back when training
- Knights often wore ladies' "favors", generally a scarf, veil, or sleeve, when jousting
- Knights met each other at combined speeds of 60 mph when jousting
- A disgraced Knight had his spurs hacked off and his shield was hung upside down as a sign of dishonor
- The Knight's warhorse was armored and trained to kill.
- Full Plate Armour was introduced during the 15th century weighing approximately 50 lbs
- At age 7 a boy would leave his home to live with a knight and learn to use hand weapons
- Medieval bread could get you high. Or kill you
- Animals could be tried for - and convicted of- crimes.
- Some knights were female