Enroll Now for a Course About Knights and Chivalry

Taught by Karl M. Kindt III, a knight of St. Louis

Unfotunately this course is not being offered again until Fall of 2003 but if you would like to pre-enroll please click below for the registration form.

This course is a not-for-credit course taught by a knight who has his Master's Degree.  He will be submitting this course for consideration at a university where he teaches other classes, but would like to teach the course to a group of 20 persons before he actually submits the final draft of the curriculum.  If you are interested in enrolling for an on-line course of study about the Knight and Chivalry, please send email registrations to the following email address:

kkindt@earthlink.net

Please indicate what type of computer you have and when the best month would be for you to take the course.  Enrollment is limited to the first 20 persons who send in email registration.   There is no fee for the course, only an obligation to assist in evaluation of course at the end by filling out a survey form.

You may also enroll by calling: 314 916 0987 and asking for Karl M. Kindt III

For a list of topics to be covered see below:

Topics to be covered in these 8 online sessions include:

1. A study of the oath of the knight - what forms does that oath take and what does it mean?

2. Why were there and are there knights?

3. How many knights were there and are there?  Who are the knights today and how valid is there claim to knighthood?

4. What is the value to a society in the encouragement of knighthood?

5. What was and is the code of chivalry?

6. Why can't women be knights?  Is there an equivalent role for women in society?

7. The nature of armor through the ages and the kind of armor being worn by knights today in comparision to medieval armor.

8. The errands or tasks undertaken by a knight in the middle ages and today.

9. Who were the best knights of history and which knights today are authentic knights in historic continuity with the knights of old.

10. What ought to be the faith of the knight based on the Biblical teachings that touch upon the role of the knight and his arms?

Books to read for the course might include:

• Arms and Armor of the Medieval Knight by David Edge and John Miles Paddock

• Knights: Armor, Tournaments, Horses, Battles by Philip Steele (for youth who wish to take the online course but also an interesting read for adults)

• William Marshall: The Flower of Chivalry by Georges Duby

• Knights by Julek Heller and Deirdre Headon

• Choose a book about the crusades - there are thousands of texts to choose from at Amazon.com.