How does the code of chivalry efect knights in battle?

           

           Chivalry made up the rules bout surrender.It said to treat enemies well and explained the payment of ransoms. Knights were forbidden to use their weapons when they were not in battle. I think this is a good idea so the knights wouldn't just kill people who make them mad. The highest honor of chivalry was to be recognized as honorable by the enemy. War was a knights natural thing to do and if they disobeyed chivalry they would be severely punished. One group of knights were cut to pieces by peasants and the other knights thought that their death was un-honorable because they were killed by people rather than other than knights.

          Since the new invention f the lance to knights armor would have to be greatly improved. Since the knights usually only wore a light coat of chain-mail, which would be easily penetrated by the lance, the knights wore plate armor which protected the chest and back. In the 15th century, knights wore a full suit of armor which greatly increased the weight. The full suit also included armor on the legs and a full head mask. It really is crazy how knights armor improved so quickly and how even the body armor used today is effected by the knights armor and how they designed it.