Training to become a knight often began very early in the knight’s childhood, when he would learn courtesy, manners, and customs practiced by the upper class. At approximately the age of seven, the prospective knight would go become a page, or servant, under a king or lord. He would be trained further in manners and courtesy, as well as religion. He would also learn how to cook, hunt, wield various weapons, and many other basic skills. At the age of fourteen, a page would then graduate to become a squire, and serve under a knight. The knight would select his squire, and the squire would follow the knight into battle to observe and learn from his techniques, to attend to the knight’s wounds if he fell, and then to take care of his weapons, armor, and horse. Between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one, the squire would be knighted. Occasionally, during his period as a squire, he was knighted based on some epic deed performed in battle, but this was usually not the case. The knights adhered to a strict code of chivalry, which was one of honesty, honor, and spirituality, as well as other noble ideals. Knights would be paid by their kings in land rather than money, since land was in much greater abundance.