Fall Asleep To 150 Facts About Medieval Knights | Boring History To Fall Sleep To

Tonight, we step into the world of the medieval knight — beyond the legends, shining armour and stories of chivalry to discover what knighthood was really like. From the rise of mounted warriors in early medieval Europe to the heavily armoured knights of the fifteenth century, this calm sleep documentary explores how knights trained, fought and lived. Follow the long journey from page to squire to knight, discover how chainmail developed into full plate armour, and explore the swords, lances, warhorses and skills that defined medieval warfare. We’ll travel through castle courtyards, tournaments and great halls, onto the battlefields of medieval Europe and into the Crusades. Along the way, we’ll encounter the Knights Templar, Hospitallers and Teutonic Knights, explore chivalry and heraldry, and discover how knights adapted when they encountered very different styles of warfare beyond Western Europe. But being a knight was about far more than fighting. Knights managed estates, attended royal courts, hunted, feasted, competed in tournaments and participated in a complicated social system built around land, loyalty, money and military service. We’ll also separate the historical knight from some of the myths created by centuries of romances, films and popular culture. Finally, we’ll follow knighthood into the later Middle Ages, as changing armies, professional soldiers and new weapons transformed the battlefield — leaving behind an image of the medieval knight that would become even more powerful in legend than it had ever been in reality. So get comfortable, settle in, and fall asleep to the world of medieval knights.