Medieval Knights

A small gift game sold at English heritage sights which feature castles, abbeys or some medieval history, Game box comes with 5 pewter Knights from different ages in history, games is very basic get from one side of a slim checkered board to the other, one player has 4 figures the other player just 1. from the back of the box: This period in history relates to what was is know as the high middle ages, the three centuries between 1100 and 1485. the church was at the center of medieval life and castles where strongholds as well as centers of law and government. In the C11th and the C12th large numbers of knights left England for the religious wars of the crusades to the holy land. by the 1300s more than 1500 castles had been built throughout the land knights had more peaceful interests. Heraldry was the order of the day and the rules of chivalry; Tournaments of Arms and jousting were popular pastimes.