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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. List of Renaissance and Medieval fairs - Wikipedia

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    Maryland Renaissance Festival: Maryland: Crownsville; permanent Village of Revel Grove, a Tudor village: 1977 25 fair acres; 85 parking acres (08c) late August–late October (5 weekends) 280k (2012) [19] Maryland Renaissance Festival: Medieval Fair of Norman, Oklahoma Oklahoma: Reaves Park, Norman; recurring event

  4. Running at the ring - Wikipedia

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    Running at the ring, usually referred to as a ring tournament, ring jousting, or simply as jousting, has been practiced in parts of the American South since at least the 1840s. Ring tournaments are still held in Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina, but most frequently in Maryland, [ 12 ] which made this form of jousting ...

  5. Maryland Renaissance Festival - Wikipedia

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    Jousting at the Renaissance Festival. The English Tudor village is 27 acres (110,000 m 2) [1] of woods and fields. There are more than 130 craft shops and 42 food outlets.. More than 1,300 participants populate the village, 400 work directly for the company, 700 for the other vendors and 200 as performers [7] on stages or as characters throughout the village.

  6. Tournament (medieval) - Wikipedia

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    The joust outlasted the tournament proper and was widely practiced well into the 16th century (sketch by Jörg Breu the Elder, 1510). As has been said, jousting formed part of the tournament event from as early a time as it can be observed. It was an evening prelude to the big day, and was also a preliminary to the grand charge on the day itself.

  7. Medieval Times - Wikipedia

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    Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament is an American dinner theater featuring staged medieval-style games, sword-fighting, and jousting. Medieval Times Entertainment, the holding company , is headquartered in Irving , Texas .

  8. List of dinner theaters - Wikipedia

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    Medieval Times – chain of medieval-themed restaurants, featuring a tournament with sword-fighting and jousting; The Barn Dinner Theatre (Greensboro) - Greensboro, North Carolina - was founded in 1964,and is the oldest continuously running dinner theater in America and the last of the original Barn Dinner Theatres. [6]

  9. Round Table (tournament) - Wikipedia

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    A Round Table was a festive event during the Middle Ages that involved jousting, feasting, and dancing in imitation of King Arthur's legendary court. Named for Arthur's famed Round Table, the festivals generally involved jousts with blunted weapons, and often celebrated weddings or victories.