Index Card 10

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This is a description of the weapons, training, and life of the medieval knight. Every knight started out as a page at the age of 7, at the age of 14, the became a squire, and at 21 they became a full fleged knight. These were the elite warriors with the best of everything, and often they were mercenaries hired out to local lords to fight.