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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".
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.
[1] Today, the most well-known of the hastiludes are the tournament, or tourney, and the joust, but over the medieval period a number of other games and sports developed, which differed in popularity and rules from area to area, and from period to period. Distinction was made between the different types by contemporaries in their description ...
Immediately I began checking out every library book I could find about castles, knights, kings and queens, swords, armor and jousting tournaments. My interest quickly evolved into an all ...
Quintain was a game open to all, popular with young men of all social classes. While the use of horses aided in training for the joust, the game could be played on foot, using a wooden horse or on boats (popular in 12th-century London). [3] As late as the 18th century running at the quintain survived in English rural districts.
Tournament 1 Stechen: Welsches Gestech (Italian joust of peace) against Count Engelbert II of Nassau (1451-1504), Lord of Breda, and a Burgundian diplomat. Freydal's helmet has a sun crest and his horse bears a unicorn horn on its shaffron: p. 56 3: Tournament 1 Foot joust: Combat with glaives with an opponent noted as "Leonhart Rueshaimer" p. 57 4
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A blood sport or bloodsport is a category of sport or entertainment that involves bloodshed. [1] Common examples of the former include combat sports such as cockfighting and dog fighting, and some forms of hunting and fishing. Activities characterized as blood sports, but involving only human participants, include the ancient Roman gladiatorial ...