Tournaments - Jousts, Chivalry and Pageants in the Middle Ages

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.

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Richard Barber, Juliet Barker

Product details

• Authors: Richard Barber, Juliet Barker, Juliet R V Barker
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.06.2000
• EAN: 9780851157818
• ISBN: 978-0-85115-781-8
• No. of pages: 240
• Dimensions: 217 mm x 305 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 943 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous