- The more common warhorses used by Knights were like modern hunters and known as Destriers
- Knights often wore ladies' "favors", generally a scarf, veil, or sleeve, when jousting
- Sometimes a knight would appear with no heraldic markings
- The decline in jousting started with the invention of the musket firearm in 1520
- Training took 7 years as a page and another 7 years as a Squire before becoming a Knight
- Knights met each other at combined speeds of 60 mph when jousting
- Lances were measured, so no one knight had a longer lance
- The word Squire is derived from the French words "Esquire, Escuyer" which originally meant 'shield bearer'
- The death-blow a knight gave to his mortally wounded opponent was called a Coup de Grace
- Pavilions were the name given to the bright, round medieval tents of alternating colors which housed the knights and their surgeons
- 'Dubbing' was a blow struck with the flat of the hand or the side of the sword and was regarded as an essential act of the knighting ceremony
- At the end of the Knighthood ceremony a Knight could claim the title "Sir"
- A disgraced Knight had his spurs hacked off and his shield was hung upside down as a sign of dishonor
- Full Plate Armour was introduced during the 15th century weighing approximately 50 lbs
- Of the seventeen entries in the Knights Code of Chivalry, according to the Song of Roland, at least 12 relate to acts of chivalry as opposed to combat
- The Joust was an individual tournament event whereas the Melee was a team event
- A vassal or squire was employed by the Knight to act as his 'Kipper'. A Kipper was expected to collect the 'Spoils of Combat' during a tournament
- A grandstand, called a Berfrois, was built a full story above the level of the lists which housed the ladies and other noble spectators of jousting tournaments
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