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The Medieval Tournament: Swords and Swordfish

Medievalists.net — Thu, 04 Jun 2015 17:43:50 +0000

Tournaments were a uniquely medieval phenomenon that were part-military training, part-sport, and of a character all their own. Full of colour, pageantry, and action, the tournament was a marked part of medieval society for centuries.

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Medieval Rules for Jousting

Medievalists.net — Wed, 07 Jan 2015 19:22:02 +0000

Here is a set of rules for jousting created by Alfonso XI, King of Castile, in 1330.

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Urban Jousts in the Later Middle Ages: The White Bear of Bruges

Medievalists.net — Fri, 18 Jul 2014 17:29:21 +0000

Jousting competitions between towns excited passions which, far from releasing citizens into some escapist unreality, could plunge them instead into violence.

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MOVIE REVIEW: ‘A Knight’s Tale’

Medievalists.net — Mon, 19 May 2014 10:36:52 +0000

Staying home on a Sunday night? Looking for a fun medieval movie to watch? Here is my review of 'A Knight's Tale' for your Sunday night selection!

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Knighthood in later medieval Italy

Medievalists.net — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 15:37:57 +0000

There is a clear reason for this general discounting of Italian knighthood in the later Middle Ages. The traditional focus of northern Italian historiography being cities and civic life, knighthood has struggled to find a place in the world of communes and city-states, merchants and markets.

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A Burgundian Death: The tournament in Le Chevalier Délibéré

Medievalists.net — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 05:58:59 +0000

Le Chevalier Délibéré (1483) by Olivier de la Marche (c. 1425-1502) is a poem of great literary value. But it was also conceived and received in a historical context. Its central theme, the tournament of Atropos (Death), reflects the spectacle of choice for the Burgundian Nobility of the fifteenth century: the tournament, specifically the Pas d'Armes.

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Tournament Culture in the Low Countries and England

Medievalists.net — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 00:51:57 +0000

In England and the Low Countries towards the end of the thirteenth century, a common chivalric culture had emerged which permitted exchanges and mutual participation in tournaments on both sides of the Channel.

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Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament – a Review

Medievalists.net — Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:12:54 +0000

What is Medieval Times? Medievalists.net decided to see for ourselves and go to the Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament in Toronto, Canada. Here is our review of the show:

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On the Origin and Diffusion of European Ball Games: A Linguistic Analysis

Medievalists.net — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 05:35:18 +0000

It thus appears that the medieval chivalric tournament served as the model for the ancestor of all, medieval football, and that this came was later the inspiration for other games such as hockey, tennis, and, ultimately, of seemingly unrelated games such as golf.

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