A squire was originally a young man, probably fifteen or sixteen, who aspired to become a knight. As part of his training, he became an attendant to a knight. A squire’s duties consisted of dressing the knight, serving meals, caring for the...
Toys; Knights and knighthood; Civilization, Medieval
Knights were one of three fighting men during the middle ages, the other two being foot soldiers and archers. Knights were considered the wealthiest because they had to buy their armor, weapons, and horse. A man could become a knight if he was a...
Nutcrackers were first mentioned as a toy as well as a useful tool for cracking nuts in the mid 18th century. By the 1830s when Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm began their dictionary of "High German," the term Nussknacker explained the figure as...
