>> Yes, that's definitely true. And if Uther was the son of Aurelius Ambrosius and the Romans have only just left Britain, this is pretty darn early for knights. (If knights even existed historically back then. It seems to me the knights in the Arthurian stories may have been a product of the later French writers.) <<
It's entirely possible that knights, per se, were a later addition or extrapolation. However, leaders have long had helpers, and often those helpers were warriors. "Knight" is a convenient term, even if the exact iteration has changed over time.
>> I will definitely be thinking about this as I write more stories! They're going to have to get into the nature of the shield, where it came from before Falcon put it in hte cave, and all that too... <<
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Re: Yes...
Date: 2014-08-12 08:29 am (UTC)It's entirely possible that knights, per se, were a later addition or extrapolation. However, leaders have long had helpers, and often those helpers were warriors. "Knight" is a convenient term, even if the exact iteration has changed over time.
>> I will definitely be thinking about this as I write more stories! They're going to have to get into the nature of the shield, where it came from before Falcon put it in hte cave, and all that too... <<
Cool. I look forward to seeing more of this.