Quiz 1

Question 1

Who wrote the Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry?

Answer 1

Christine de Piza

Question 2

chronicler of the Hundred Years’ War

Answer 2

Jean Froiss

Question 3

The Book of the Order of Chivalry

Answer 3

Catalan Ramon Llull’s

Question 4

What is the custom discussed in The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry

Answer 4

custom to have their sons, from the age of fourteen onward, taught and indoctrinated in all things concerning arms and chivalry. There were proper schools in certain places where they were taught to wear armour and take care of themselves in combat

Question 5

Who does Piza discuss?

Answer 5

vegetius

Question 6

What does Piza suggest the Romans did to instruct their young soldiers better?

Answer 6

Placed in Mock Battles
Make them march
Learned how to leap with armour and weapons
climb walls
to select people from temperate lands perfect balance.

Question 7

According to Froissart how a knight signaled that he was ready to battle another knight?

Answer 7

by coming to their camp and touching a shield with their code of arms on it

Question 8

What are the roles of chivalry in Llull’s The Book of the Order of Chivalry

Answer 8

1. If you are to be considered a knight you have to follow the order.
2. Uphold and defend the catholic religion
3. Knights from God to conquer the infidels
4. Emperor be the king of knights, with kings underneath him who are also knights to watch over the brotherhood. Knights underneath so they can uphold the order of the chivalry.
5. Must defend and support his temporal lord.
6. A knight m ust be alowed to act as knight in order to better improve his training and chivalry.
7. If you abandoned then you hate God and chivalry
8. It is the office of the knights to support widows, orphans, and the helples.

Question 9

What does Anne Curry describe as a code ethics with ransoming?

Answer 9

1. If someone beats an enemy to go to obtain the ransom and in that time another guy comes and beats him up than they have to split the money.
2. if you kill a prisoner you will be arrested and held till your able to pay back the first party to which you took the prisoner.
3. If a prisoner is captured it is imperative that once they reach their host that they take prisoner straight to captain or king for interrogation. Do not take him around the camo because he can spy on shit.
4. Do not help the enemy into the hosts camp.
5. If you capture a prisoner take his bassinet and gauntlet as a sign he has been captured. If you do not take it and someone else comes and takes it, it will be as if they were the first to get him.

Question 10

What is The Chronicles of Enguerrand De Monstrelet about?

Answer 10

Eighteen month long siege French town of Melun in 1420 by the English and Burgundian troops.

Question 11

What is The Chronicle Jean De Venette 1360 about?

Answer 11

explores the devastation wrought by marauding English knights during a chevauchee, an armed raid on horseback, which was used to terrorize the French population
French destroy their own stuff so the English can’t have it.

Question 12

What is written in Jean Froissarts chronicle?

Answer 12

either sold their services to towns in Italy or became brigands, roaming the French countryside robbing and extorting money from towns, villages and, as Froissart describes even the pope and the cardinals in Avignon

Question 13

What was the importance of aristocracy?

Answer 13

It allowed for rulers to expand but they would have to build trust in the noble men. Use local leaders to which both of them benefited from the other. Some exemptions such as Ireland Poland to which were run by semi feudal warlords that were not very loyal to a central government.

Question 14

How could nobles rise in position?

Answer 14

civil war

Question 15

How was the role of captain passed?

Answer 15

Appointed by the king but in practice it was passed from father to son.

Question 16

In France where was their infantry collected?

Answer 16

the peasantry and those the nobles were used to directing.

Question 17

What is a good example of mercenaries switching sides

Answer 17

Klushino in 1610 Tsar Vasilii Shuiski was betrayed by De la Gardie’s Swedes whose was arrear. This opened the doors to Moscow for the Poles.

Question 18

Is an inexperienced or experienced soldier more likely to desert?

Answer 18

less experienced soldier

Question 19

Where was France getting their mercenaries?

Answer 19

Swiss

Question 20

When was private war fare banned in France?

Answer 20

1367

Question 21

According Prestwich what coincided with knightly numbers?

Answer 21

battle tactics

Question 22

What did Nolan criticize about knights cavalry?

Answer 22

Could fight with a sword on horse back very well

Long stirrups stopped them from being able to rise up to sword play.

Question 23

What does Denholm Young attribute to causing a decrease in knighthood between the 12th and 13th century?

Answer 23

A rise in the cost to armour oneself. 12th century only 5 and 13th 20-100.

Question 24

What is the importance of a horse to a knight?

Answer 24

They very vulnerable
Were not a big as modern day horses
Expensive
They focused a lot on breeding them
Rise in horse prices by the 14th century
Most expensive thing a knight had to pay for

Question 25

During the time of the 100 Years war how many horses was it common for a banneret? A knight? Squire?

Answer 25

Banneret 5 horses
Knight 4
Squire 3

Question 26

What is a weaknesses of the knights?

Answer 26

Not trained to fight in units

Question 27

What is a weaknesses of the knights?

Answer 27

Not trained to fight in units

Question 28

When did knights retire?

Answer 28

Most stayed with it as long as they could or had some involvement in war