The Medieval Tournament as Spectacle - Tourneys, Jousts and Pas d'Armes, 1100-1600

Fresh insights into the development of the tournament as an opportunity for social display.

List of contents

Preface and Acknowledgements - Martyn Lawrence
Introduction: From Mass Combat to Field of Cloth of Gold - Alan V Murray
Now Form Up Close Together! Tactics and Ethos of the Tourney in Early German Sources (Twelfth to Thirteenth Centuries) - Alan V Murray
Por pris et por enor: Ideas of Honour as Reflected in the Medieval Tournament - James Titterton
Richard II of England and the Smithfield Tournament of October 1390: An Instrument to Establish Royal Authority - James Beswick
Alle myn harneys for the justes: Documents as a Source for Medieval Jousting Armour - Ralph Moffat
The Tournament Saddle - Marina V. Viallon
Between Sport and Theatre: How Spectacular was the Pas d'armes? - Cathy Blunk
Art Imitating Life Imitating Art? Representations of the Pas d'armes in Burgundian Prose Romance: The Case of Jehan d'Avennes - Rosalind Brown-Grant
The Foot Combat as Tournament Event: Equipment, Space and Forms - Iason-Eleftherios Tzouriadis
Power and Pageantry: The Tournament at the Court of Maximilian I - Natalie Anderson
The Field of Cloth of Gold: Arms, Armour and the Sporting Prowess of King Henry VIII and King Francis I - Karen Watts

About the author

Alan V. Murray, Karen Watts

Summary

Fresh insights into the development of the tournament as an opportunity for social display.

Product details

• Authors: Alan V. Murray, Karen Watts
• Assisted by: Alan V Murray (Editor), Alan V. Murray (Editor), Karen Watts (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2020
• EAN: 9781783275427
• ISBN: 978-1-78327-542-7
• No. of pages: 263
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 239 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 646 g
• Series: Royal Armouries Research; Royal Armouries Research Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous