In most feudal societies, knights were nobility, if usually minor nobility. Knights didn’t marry commoners but couldn’t generally marry up either unless they were particularly important to their lord, in which case the lord might arrange for one of his own daughters to “marry down” to cement the alliance.

Middle English romance was the principal form of secular literature in later medieval England. More than eighty verse romances (metrical and alliterative), composed between c. 1225 and c. 1500, survive, often in multiple manuscript versions and, later, in early modern prints.

Romeo and Juliet by WilLiam Shakespeare If you love the medieval period, and you love romances, you should definitely take some time to read the Romeo and Juliet if you haven’t yet. Obviously, it’s not a novel, but I couldn’t bear to leave it out entirely.

Courtly love, also called refined love, refers to a romantic relationship between two unmarried people in medieval times. These love relationships were not physical, but based on flirting, dancing, and the chivalrous efforts of knights and other noble young men to curry favor from ladies at court.

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Aid, a tax levied in medieval Europe, paid by persons or communities to someone in authority. Aids could be demanded by the crown from its subjects, by a feudal lord from his vassals, or by the lord of a manor from the inhabitants of his domain.

A King’s daily life: A medieval King would wake up early in the morning. He would start his day by going to the chapel and praying. He then ate a light meal. Throughout the day, he would attend meetings, discuss laws to be passed, hear petitions and so on.

During the medieval times, a medieval king was considered the centre of all authority and held ultimate power over the people. In practice, however, he needed the allegiance of his nobles and important members of the clergy to wield his power.

Originally Answered: How often did Kings just sit on their thrones? Usually only in a formal Court setting. One of the allegations against Richard II was that he spent hours sitting on his throne expecting everyone who went past to bow. This was considered even in those times as a bit odd.

Originally Answered: Why does the Queen sits on the right side of the King? A monarch is always to the right of lesser ranks and Britain doesn’t have a king so the queen sits to the right of him because she is of higher rank. The British monarchy has a pecking order and the top chicken is not always a rooster.

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Show creator David Benioff later explained to Seth Meyers why the Queen had declined to take a sit on the infamous prop. ‘Apparently the Queen of England is not allowed to sit on a foreign throne,’ he said. ‘This is an esoteric rule we didn’t know about until that moment.