Many home decorators are featuring statues of knights in armor as accent pieces. The education of a future knight began very early with lessons in courtesy and manners at home. By the age of seven or eight, he would be sent away to serve as a page in the king’s household. There he would learn cleanliness, religion, singing, dancing, playing an instrument, battling techniques, and sometimes reading. His duties as a squire included the care of the horses, equipment, and armor of the knight who was his master. The knight was his tutor and the squire was expected to accompany him into battle. When the squire’s training was judged to be complete, he could finally become a knight himself.
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