#and medieval france also included half of what is now modern day belgian wallonia
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So this reddit comment has some interesting info about squires in the middle ages and what role they played. Apparently, they weren't ALWAYS knights' servants and the role kinda varied depending on the time period and country.
Certainly explains why Jean de Carrouges and Jacques de Gris were squires for much longer than what's popularly thought regarding when squires could be knighted. I believe they were both in their 30s when they met and were still considered squires for a while?
#medieval#middle ages#and i was mainly curious about this in the context of medieval france so i'm impressed with the info i got on reddit so far#like so many websites imply a cutoff date in regrads to squires becoming knights or pages becoming squires#but after reading about the duel between carrouges and gris something didn't add up#so it's good to know there's a bit more to it than that#so it would make as much sense for johan to be knighted at the age of say 17 as it would be if he remained a squire until his 30s or so#which at least matches up with my thought that johan more than likely aged a few years from the second album to the last one#also fyi the french word for page can either be used as a separate term or as a synonym for the french word for squire: 'ecuyer'#in fact when i looked up page in a french to english dictionary the french definition translated to 'young noble' so pretty broad#so i guess johan addressing himself as 'page du roi' makes a bit more sense than i thought#also i wanted to know a bit more about knighthood and squires in a medieval france context#because i like to think the johan et pirlouit comics take place there#and medieval france also included half of what is now modern day belgian wallonia#so the comics COULD take place in what is now belgium in all likelihood#and considering who created the series that kinda makes sense to me
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