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did knights have unions
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Anonymous 11w

i hear they had a round table

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Anonymous 11w

I’m sure they had unions quite a bit, as medieval times were highly agricultural and unions were a great source of nutrients and easy to grow in various climates

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Anonymous 11w

They had guilds

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Anonymous 11w

Yes. Tons of them. Knightly Orders. Plus in every large realm there were variably formal alliances/leagues of scheming noblemen and landowners, whose power existed in tension with the liege and with other groups. Those wouldn’t exclusively consist of actual knights but they’d be heavily represented & definitely advance common interests

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Anonymous 11w

Piro is right that they had guilds, but it wasn't like the trade guilds, but more of loyal knights to one person, like the knights of the round table.

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Anonymous replying to -> pirosnake 11w

im a little slow, my understanding of guilds was that they had different roles in what their knights did? or maybe region? did they also protect them from unfair practices? i know this is dumb but i need to know

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Anonymous replying to -> seeya_space_cowboy 11w

Apparently there was a guy named Arthur Morgan there too?

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Anonymous replying to -> freestyle 11w

im not so sure about that one chief😭

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Anonymous replying to -> freestyle 11w

pretty sure it was sir cumference

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 11w

They usually held the same role of military service. Knights receive land from a lord in return for military service so the service of the guild is usually based on a certain region or town (knights of london for example). Guilds would also conduct trade and receive economic protection from whatever lord they fell under. Lords often had multiple guilds and in some cases they did have military uprisings.

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 11w

Ah yes. Sir Cum of France 🇫🇷

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Anonymous replying to -> OP 11w

And his older cousin, Sir Cumcision, a noble knight indeed

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