After watching the movie, I have some questions which puzzle me. And I have read some books about chivalry to find the answer to these questions. Now I want to talk about the relationship between knights and wars, courtly love.
(Knights and war)I really enjoy this movie, especially the scenes of battle. As a Chinese, their fighting-pattern really impressed me. Our ancients used swords or spears to fight each other, but they didn’t. And I was really surprised at the way of war in medieval Europe. There are three battles in the movie.
The first one is that Ivanhoe fights with other five knight. They aim or thrust a lance in a joust. You may think it is very easy, but as a matter a fact, if you want to make your opponent fall down, you need to practice much and have a clear idea of other's shortcomings. If you have courage, but without money , you cannot take part in it.…