Tournaments : jousts, chivalry and pageants in the Middle Ages
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Tournaments : jousts, chivalry and pageants in the Middle Ages
Boydell Press, 2000, c1989
- : pbk
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"First published 1989 by Boydell Press, Woodbridge" -- T.p. verso
Bibliography: p. 215
Includes index
Ill. on lining papers
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The first serious study of tournaments throughout Europe reveals their importance - in the training of the medieval knight, the development of arms and armour, as an instrument of political patronage, and as a grand public spectacle.
Will appeal to a wide audience. It is beautifully presented...the illustrations add further glory to a thorough historical analysis which is based on extensive research in Europe-wide sources... particularly useful in bringing toour attention lesser-known materials from the Iberian peninsula. The level of discussion, range and thoroughness of treatment and excellence of annotation make this a useful reference work for the academic historian too: it is hard to find any aspect of tournaments that is not covered.HISTORY
The first serious study of tournaments throughout Europe reveals their importance - in the training of the medieval knight, the development of arms and armour, as an instrument of political patronage, and as a grand public spectacle.
Table of Contents
- The origins of the tournament
- the tournament in north-west Europe to 1400
- the tournament in Germany - Italy - Spain
- the late medieval and Renaissance tournament - spectacles - pas d'armes - challenges
- the dangers of tournaments - spiritual condemnation and public disorder
- tournament armour
- tournaments as events.
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