Be an eyewitness to what life was really like for a knight in medieval times - from battles to banquets and from jousting to hunting.

The first knights

The Normans

Making a knight

Iron, iron, everywhere

Fashion in steel

Armour, the inside story

Arms and the man

On horseback

The castle

The castle at war

Siege warfare

Arming for the fight

The enemy

Into battle

The castle at peace

The lord of the manor

The lady of the manor

The ideal of chivalry

The tournament

The joust

Foot combat

Heraldry

Hunting and hawking

Faith and pilgrimage

The crusades

Knights of Christ

Knights of the Rising Sun

The professionals

The decline of chivalry

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Timeline

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Glossary

Index