The Essential Knight

Once upon a time, in Ye Olde ynd Merrye Englande of around 1300 (the year, not the time) the word ‘knighthood’ or ‘cnihthād’ * referred to the period that we call ‘adolescence’ today.  We more readily associate the idea of ‘knight’ with strapping chaps on horseback – armour, jousting, chivalry Read more…