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How do knights make money?
How do knights make money?
Tommaso
Mon Nov 18 2024
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I'm curious about the financial aspect of knights' lives in the medieval times. How did they earn their income? Did they receive salaries, or did they have other means of generating wealth?
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Thunderbolt
Wed Nov 20 2024
Knights, during the Middle Ages, belonged to a prestigious warrior class.
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Eleonora
Wed Nov 20 2024
Unlike modern professions, knights did not receive a salary in the contemporary sense.
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KatanaSharpened
Tue Nov 19 2024
Additionally, knights might receive spoils of war or gifts from their lord as further compensation.
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Daniele
Tue Nov 19 2024
Their compensation was primarily in the form of land or fiefs granted by their lord.
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CryptoBaron
Tue Nov 19 2024
These lands served as both a reward and a means of sustenance for knights.
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