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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".
Round Tables were a 13th-century enthusiasm and can be reconstructed to have been an elimination jousting event. They were held for knights and squires alike. Other forms of jousting also arose during the century, and by the 14th century the joust was poised to take over the vacancy in aristocratic amusement caused by the decline of the tournament.
Bundrennen (Joust of war with "flying" shields without bevors) against Philipp von Rechberg (see fol. 200) who is the knight lying on the right with donkey ears as a helmet crest. This is one of the few paintings of a joust in the tournament book with a background scene featuring other characters beside the two jousting knights. pp. 90–91 26
Eglinton Tournament of 1839 by James Henry Nixon in 1839. The Eglinton Tournament of 1839 was a reenactment of a medieval joust and revel held in North Ayrshire, Scotland between 28 and 30 August.
The pas d'armes' or passage of arms was a type of chivalric hastilude that evolved in the late 14th century and remained popular through the 15th century. It involved a knight or group of knights (tenants or "holders") who would stake out a traveled spot, such as a bridge or city gate, and let it be known that any other knight who wished to pass (venants or "comers") must first fight, or be ...
As the largest surviving tournament book, it provides an unparalleled pictorial source of jousting from the late medieval period. [38]} It is also the only one to depict spectacular falls. [ 8 ] In addition to illustrating the jousts themselves, it represents a remarkable catalogue of the weaponry used during tournaments [ 8 ] and is the most ...
While jousting, the knights use "break-away lances". For knights, the physically toughest part of the show is falling off the horse in response to a competitor's lance "spearing" them. Two knights' injuries from performances included a rib fracture, a bulging disc on the back, and a separated shoulder. [52]
The joust between the Lord of the Eglinton Tournament and the Knight of the Red Rose. The Eglinton Trophy or Eglinton Testimonial [1] is a Gothic style Sterling silver centrepiece presented by friends and admirers to the 13th Earl of Eglinton to commemorate the medieval re-enactment known as the Eglinton Tournament held at Eglinton Castle, Kilwinning, North Ayrshire in 1839.
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