Knight academies were special schools for the nobility, which dedicated themselves to both academic studies and training in the skills and activities specific to the nobility [1. 241] (Standesbildung). Their roots lay in the educational institutions that appeared in 16th-century Italy that were dedicated instruction in riding and the use of weapons (e.g. the Scuola di Maneggio of Federico Grisone in Naples, 1532) [4. 41]. These “riding academies” spread rapidly in Central and Western Europe. In France the first knight academies emerged in conjuncti…