1 00:00:01,199 --> 00:00:22,539 Oops. Sorry. Everyone sleeps darker than normal times. 2 00:00:23,359 --> 00:00:27,100 The shirt gets washed every Monday. The tunic, every Easter. 3 00:00:27,679 --> 00:00:29,719 Does it pong a bit? A little bit. 4 00:00:30,320 --> 00:00:36,700 I'm a page. This isn't my home. I was sent here three years ago, when I was seven, to learn to be a knight. 5 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:40,460 Breakfast is bread. 6 00:00:42,079 --> 00:00:43,979 And beer! Yes! 7 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:48,240 Beer! Children are only allowed one pot, so that's all right. 8 00:00:49,219 --> 00:00:50,679 You wouldn't want to drink the water. 9 00:00:54,420 --> 00:00:57,259 In the moat it will float. 10 00:00:57,859 --> 00:00:59,859 We don't learn to read and write. 11 00:01:00,899 --> 00:01:02,780 We learn the three H's. 12 00:01:04,379 --> 00:01:09,519 Hawking, heraldry, and horsemanship. 13 00:01:11,420 --> 00:01:13,819 Soon, I'll be a squire. 14 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:19,000 Then a knight. I'll go out and conquer lands. 15 00:01:23,310 --> 00:01:26,310 I just have to learn weapons first. 16 00:01:27,310 --> 00:01:29,310 But I'll be brilliant at that. 17 00:01:30,310 --> 00:01:35,480 Yes! Got him! 18 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:39,480 Pages also have to serve at meals. 19 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:46,480 I'm having a great time, but I do miss mum's cooking. 20 00:01:48,480 --> 00:01:49,620 The Welsh are raiding. 21 00:01:50,620 --> 00:01:52,859 All the men have to go and defend our lands. 22 00:01:53,560 --> 00:01:58,019 But women, ulsters and pages stay behind. 23 00:02:00,459 --> 00:02:02,159 One day I'll be a knight. 24 00:02:05,329 --> 00:02:05,849 Yeah! 25 00:02:07,150 --> 00:02:07,709 Oops. 26 00:02:08,469 --> 00:02:08,990 Sorry. 27 00:02:11,689 --> 00:02:15,030 Do you love battles, castles and knights in shining armour? 28 00:02:15,669 --> 00:02:17,889 Find out more about what it takes to be a Norman 29 00:02:17,889 --> 00:02:19,870 at bbc.co.uk 30 00:02:19,870 --> 00:02:21,169 slash history.