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  2. Jousting - Wikipedia

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    Jousting is a medieval and renaissance martial game or hastilude between two combatants either on horse or on foot. [1] The joust became an iconic characteristic of the knight in Romantic medievalism. The term is derived from Old French joster, ultimately from Latin iuxtare "to approach, to meet".

  3. Hastilude - Wikipedia

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    Hastilude is a generic term used in the Middle Ages to refer to many kinds of martial games. The word comes from the Latin hastiludium , literally "lance game". By the 14th century, the term usually excluded tournaments and was used to describe the other games collectively; this seems to have coincided with the increasing preference for ...

  4. Historical European martial arts - Wikipedia

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    Although the focus generally is on the martial arts of medieval and Renaissance masters, 19th- and early 20th-century martial arts teachers are also studied and their systems are reconstructed, including Edward William Barton-Wright, the founder of Bartitsu; [21] combat savate and stick fighting master Pierre Vigny; London-based boxer and ...

  5. Tournament (medieval) - Wikipedia

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    Medieval equestrian warfare and equestrian practices hark back to Roman antiquity, just as the notion of chivalry goes back to the rank of equites in Roman times. [4] There may be an element of continuity connecting the medieval tournament to the hippika gymnasia of the Roman cavalry, but due to the sparsity of written records during the 5th to 8th centuries this is difficult to establish.

  6. William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke - Wikipedia

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    William Marshal, 1st Earl of Pembroke (1146 or 1147 – 14 May 1219), also called William the Marshal (Norman French: Williame li Mareschal, [1] French: Guillaume le Maréchal), was an Anglo-Norman soldier and statesman during High Medieval England [2] who served five English kings: Henry II and his son and co-ruler Young Henry, Richard I, John, and finally Henry III.

  7. Marshal - Wikipedia

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    Marshal is a term used in several official titles in various branches of society. As marshals became trusted members of the courts of Medieval ... the board game ...

  8. List of massively multiplayer online role-playing games

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    Medieval fantasy Free-to-play 2016 Steam AdventureQuest Worlds: Active 2D Medieval fantasy Freemium 2008 Browser-based Age of Conan: Active 3D Fantasy Free-to-play 2008 This game features a combo based combat system. Age of Wulin: Active 3D Martial Arts, Wuxia (fantasy) Freemium 2013 Set in ancient China AIKA Online: Active: 3D: Medieval ...

  9. Pas d'armes - Wikipedia

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    The pas d'armes (French pronunciation: [pa daʁm]) or passage of arms was a type of chivalric hastilude (martial game) that evolved in the late 14th century and remained popular through the 15th century.