The Tournament—Its Periods and Phases

Curiously interlinked with the procedure of the law courts, forming, indeed, an integral part of the law of the land, was the judicial duel; an institution applying to both civi...

A notable _pas d’armes_ was held at L’Arbre de Charlemagne, near Dijon, in the year 1443,[139] presided over by Duke Philippe le Bon, which was proclaimed in most of the Europea...

Ashmole, No. 1116, fol. 109-10b, runs as follows:—“Iustes holden at Westminster the XIIth daie of February by the Kinges grace called Cueur Loyal, the Lord William of Devon Bon...

Much that is fanciful and unreal has been written about the tournament, and it is only in recent times that the knowledge of the subject has been placed on a more scientific bas...

The fifteenth century marks a very distinct epoch in the history of the tourney, which became milder and less dangerous to life and limb; and during its course a stricter observ...

The fourteenth century was eminently a period of transition and development in arms, armour, jousts, tournaments, and, indeed, in everything that related to warfare. During its...

Jousts of Peace, _Hastiludia pacifica_, were those of sport, military exercises and courtesy; while Jousts of War, _Joûtes à Outrance_, or as Froissart calls them “_Justes Morte...

with Don Alonce de Soto-Majori. Bayard had wished the combat to be on horseback, owing to some trouble in his legs which hindered locomotion; but the Spaniard insisted all the m...

It is impossible to trace the beginnings of these martial exercises, mention of which first appears in history in chronicles of the eleventh century; but they doubtless grew out...

Trial by combat curiously interlinked with common law—References among Ashmolean, Harleian and Cottonian MSS.—Introduced into England by the Normans—Unknown to the Anglo-Saxons—...

_L’Histoire Du Bon Chevalier, Sans Paour et Sans Reproche, Gentil Seigneur De Bayart_, gives some account of Bayard’s combats in the lists. The Chevalier was born in 1476 and di...

The Chevalier Bayard—His career in the tourney—_Pas d’armes_ at Westminster in 1501—Dates of chroniclers unreliable—The term “tourney”—“Solemne Triumph” in 1502—Joust at Naumbur...

Much that is fanciful and unreal written about the tournament—Scientific writers on the subject—Narrations of chroniclers—German records—Ashmolean, Harleian and Cottonian MSS.—H...

_Pas d’armes_ at _L’Arbre de Charlemagne_, Dijon, in 1443, at which there was jousting at the tilt, and reinforcing pieces were employed—The lists—The challenges—A few of the en...

The fourteenth century—The introduction of firearms—Romances of Richard Cœur de Lion, Sir Ferumbras, Roman du roy Miliades Meliadus, and others—The Froissart plates—Hefner’s _Tr...

The fifteenth century—The tourney milder—Body-armour strengthened—Milan the chief seat of manufacture—Less costly armour made in Germany—Maximilian imports Italian smiths, and G...

Jousts of peace—_Joutes à outrance_—The term “_À outrance_”—Mediæval chronicles and chroniclers—Body-armour of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries—Brasses and effigies—Tourname...

Origin of the Tournament—Its definition—Rules made _anno_ 1066—Derivation of the word—The Behourd—The Joust: Its origin and definition—The Round Table game—Round Table held in 1...