Legends of the Knights. Knight's age

The era of noble knights, tournaments and beautiful ladies lasted almost eight hundred years, and during this time, many legends, songs, stories, legends and novels about these noble and just representatives of the stronger sex were born. Modern authors use these images not only in literature, but also in other forms of art, such as cinematography, painting, computer graphics.

History

Knighthood was called the privileged class of soldiers in Western Europe, formed in the Middle Ages. Initiation into the knights was seen as a manifestation of the highest mercy from his suzerain, a reward for faithful service. Originating in France and Spain, it quickly spread to other countries and reached its apogee by the 12th-13th centuries, during the Crusades.

Knights of the Middle Ages had their own code of honor, regulating their behavior, resolving conflict situations, the need for participation in hostilities, the conditions of tournaments, as well as their conduct.

Both in the Middle Ages and in the modern world, knights continue to inspire creative people to create images of ideal men who are popularized through movies, books and animation.

Family Nest

When the knight showed himself worthily in battle or rendered certain services to the king and the state in his person, he was favored by a castle with adjoining lands. This gave the nobleman a livelihood, the opportunity to have his own squad and take a prominent position among the rich neighbors. Often the ruler gave out allotments only on newly conquered territories, on which there were no buildings in sight. Then the knight was charged to build a fortified castle on his land, ready for defense, if necessary. Knights and castles appeared as mushrooms after the rain, especially during the period of external military expansion of French and English kings who dreamed of imperial power. But no one could repeat the feat of Alexander the Great , so the lands passed from one owner to another, the buildings were destroyed and erected again, and the war continued. Knights and castles succeeded each other, dying in unequal battle with monarch ambitions, but what mattered the king before his subjects. He was interested in far more lofty plans.

Dedication

In ancient Rome, the handing of a young man to arms with a large crowd of people proclaimed that he had become of age. This was done either by the elder man in the family or by the leader. The Germans, the receivers of the Holy Empire, also dedicated their sons to the time of maturity, and the kings assigned their children the right to the throne. This custom was gradually transformed into a whole rite of initiation into warriors.

The legends of knights say that at first every boy of twelve years could receive initiation. Then this threshold was pushed back to fifteen, and then to nineteen years. Over time, the age of majority, 21, was recognized as the ideal option for acceptance into the knights.

At first it was just a transfer of weapons, but then he was joined by putting on mail, helmet and spurs, as well as defeating targets with a spear during galloping. When Christianity came into force, before the sword was received, the future knight had to receive a blessing in the church. Gradually the clergymen completely took the right to initiation, arguing that by the code of honor the knight should honor God, protect the church and all the suffering on her behalf.

Virtues

Legends of knights say that they represented the ideal warriors: courageous, strong, courageous. They were fearless in battle, indomitable in combat and humble in their daily lives. Devoted to their suzerain, country and God, these warriors were a stunning example of a masculine gender.

Important things in the life of each knight were his faith, honor and the lady of the heart. Prayers, fasts, and ecclesiastical taxes made up most of the lives of such people. They volunteered themselves at the disposal of the ministers of the church and could no longer live exclusively secular lives.

Honor was a special aspect of the relationship between soldiers. Legends of knights tell us that because of the blamed honor, serious conflicts were unleashed, leading to the death of hundreds and thousands of people. Nobody had the right to encroach on the honor of a knight and simply leave.

Love and War

The lady was a sort of prototype of the virgin Virgin. She was praised, she was worshiped, but all this was done slowly, at a distance, gradually moving towards the intended goal. The loftiness of feelings that the troubadours exalted, the severity of the norms of morality and secular rules of conduct extended the courtship for years. But this did not make the conquest process less exciting. On the contrary, climbing up the social ladder, the knight could count on the benevolence of not only his own lady of the heart, but also her male relatives. After all, it was from their decision that the future of a happy union depended.

Knight according to the version of 2001

"The Knight's Story" is a feature film based on Jeffrey Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales." But, retaining the context, the director introduced many attributes of modern life, thus turning his picture into a symbiosis of classics and eclecticism.

At the heart of the story is the story of the childless boy, William Thatcher, who gets a unique chance to change his destiny by forging documents about his origins. Being well acquainted with the code of honor of knights and participating in tournaments, he conquers the hearts of ladies, while on his way Count Ademar does not appear. However, the hero can not receive instant satisfaction, and this problem gnaws him from the inside. And now, when the hour of reckoning has come, William is arrested for forgery of documents and lies about his origin.

Ultimately, the king saves him from the pillory and gives an opportunity to defeat his enemy in an honest duel, but Ademar is not determined to play by the rules. He wants to kill his opponent. The ending of the film is happy: William becomes a champion, his opponent is defeated and can no longer claim the title of an invincible knight in tournaments on the peaks.

"The history of the knight" justified the hopes of its creators, both financially and in the implementation of the artistic idea.

Historical thriller

"Iron Knight" is a thrill, saturated with all the wonders of modern graphics, but tells of a war that occurred eight centuries ago. After the signing of the Magna Carta, which significantly limits the power and power of the English King John the Landless and all his descendants, the barons could at last feel secure. But the ruler decided to beat them and, having gathered an army in the south of the country, attacked the castle of Rochester. His defenders bravely fought and were able to defeat a greatly superior enemy.

"The Iron Knight" received critical acclaim and weighty box-office collections to satisfy the creators' requests and be remembered by the audience as a bright and colorful film.

Oriental look

As mentioned above, not only European culture perpetuated knightly deeds. In the land of the Rising Sun, they also heard about these seekers of truth and justice for all.

"The Legend of the Holy Knights" is an animated series, released in 2009. He shows a look at the code of honor of knights from a different, fantasy side. The main character falls into one of the fictional worlds and realizes that he was in the thick of the war. He is forced to choose one side and is forced to kill by witchcraft. But, miraculously throwing off the charms, the young knight turns the situation in his favor.

Unfortunately, having received a good start, the "Legend of the Holy Knights" has not been continued, although the fans are waiting for him so far, in the hope that sooner or later the manga will come to life.

No comic books

The positive characters of novels, both conventional and graphic, like to emphasize that they have their code of honor, which does not allow them to commit evil. Batman was not an exception.

"The Dark Knight" is a story of confrontation, when the main character and the main villain are not inferior to each other in charisma, intelligence, logic and sophistication. The plot, the actors' play and box office success in the first weeks of the rental speak for themselves. Christopher Nolan, the producer and director of this film, once again showed the whole world that he was the best at shooting dramatic thrillers. And the posthumous Oscar, awarded to Heath Ledger for this role, shows how successful the selection of actors was.

Retell the plot of the movie "The Dark Knight" does not make sense, because every fan of this saga has already watched it to holes, and someone who is far from this topic, still does not understand what the salt.

A virtual reality

Technical progress allows almost any person to visit the body of a magician, a knight, an elf, a goblin and many other characters of the fantasy genre. To achieve this is easy enough, you just need to register in the online game and choose a heroic name. And then intuition will tell you what to do. Was not an exception and such a famous computer epic, like World of Warcraft. A death knight is one of the characters that you can choose to create a virtual personality. They have a set of ready-made skills that can be improved and thereby improve their level, and still need to pass mandatory tasks that allow to expand the range of gaming opportunities. The death knight was named so, because, in fact, was a necromancer, consisting in a magical order. They acted as warriors on the side of evil and did not bind themselves with any rules.

Legends of knights contained more fiction than historical truth, but people did not care. They wanted to have an ideal that I would like to strive for. Scientists sometimes cool the ardor of the most zealous romantics, telling what really was the royal service, what was required of the knight at the court and how much the level of education was low in those days. Not to mention hygiene and medicine.