Historic Replicas

I, along with many others, have always thought of the medieval knight as chivalrous, helpful and brave.  I was surprised to hear the real stories of the Dark Age knights and find out that they were nothing but thugs!

The medieval knights had more in commons with HBO’s Tony Soprano than they did with Sir Lance-A-Lot.  They were thugs, hired killers and villains who used medieval swords and historical weapons to intimidate peasants.  They represented the neighboring lords and castles of the land in their quest to concur more land and goods.  The lord’s that ruled the castle would send these knights out onto the villages to robe the peasants and force them to be obedient to their lords – basically they were paid bullies.  This is far from the imagery that exists in our fairytale books or movies, but it is the actual role that the knights played in the Dark Ages – middle of the 11th century