00:00 Knights were prominent in Western Europe after the fall of the Roman Empire, during a time of lawlessness and chaos, where there were no defined countries or governments, and people resorted to violence to take what they wanted.

04:46 Feudalism was the basis of the knight system, where land was given by the king to nobility in exchange for military service, and the nobility in turn gave land to the serfs in exchange for goods and labor.

09:29 The process of becoming a knight involved starting as a page at age seven, then becoming a squire at age 14, where they were trained and given specific responsibilities within the knight's house.

14:04 Knights in the 13th century were romanticized and trained in martial arts, horse riding, and handling heavy weapons, and they could be knighted instantly on the battlefield if they saved a knight's life, but most knights went through a process of proving themselves as squires before being knighted during a special event, and they took an oath to defend a lady, speak the truth, be loyal to their Lord, be devoted to the church, defend the poor and helpless, be brave, and follow specific rules such as fighting only one person at a time and never avoiding a dangerous path out of fear.

18:37 Knights were expected to follow the Code of Chivalry, which included defending the poor and weak, but many knights ignored these rules and pillaged and plundered as they pleased.

23:16 Knights had privileges such as owning land, being called Sir, and dispensing justice locally, as well as being able to carry weapons in church, sit at the high table at feasts, wear armor in battle, and lead soldiers into battle.

27:41 During peacetime, knights would have tournaments called melees where they would fight each other one at a time until there was only one knight left standing, and if you won a joust, you could take the other knight's armor and horse and sell it back to them.

32:07 Knights wore different types of armor, such as leather, chainmail, and plate armor, with plate armor being the most protective but still not 100% effective, and they were vulnerable in the gussets where their joints were, and the invention of gunpowder made knights obsolete.

36:43 The Order of the Garter, established in the 1300s, is an elite group of knights that is still around today and was originally open to women, but then became all-male until 1987 when Queen Elizabeth brought women back into the order, and there were also other orders of female knights such as the Order of the Hatchet and the Order of St. John's of the Hospital.

41:40 If you're American, you can be knighted, but you're not titled Sir.

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