For anyone in the Middle Ages, faith was a cornerstone element of their lives, without which the struggle and privations. For a medieval person, life on earth was but a brief transition to the afterlife in heaven, hell or purgatory. A
knight was expected to have faith in his God, in his ability, his
prowess and in his
renown . For re-enactors, faith must be held not so much in religious conviction, though that is certainly helpful, but in the
order of chivalry as a while, in the value of
knighthood to striving towards being a better human being. Lastly, faith in the other combatants, in their
chivalry , in their sincerity.
