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

Summary

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

Product details

• Assisted by: Alan V Murray (Editor), Alan V. Murray (Editor), Karen Watts (Editor)
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.10.2023
• EAN: 9781837651085
• ISBN: 978-1-83765-108-5
• No. of pages: 249
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 234 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 462 g
• Illustrations: 20 colour, 17 b/w illus.
• Series: Royal Armouries Research; Royal Armouries Research Series
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Middle Ages; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous