Medieval Tournament as Spectacle

Tourneys, Jousts and Pas d'Armes, 1100-1600

AvAlan V Murray,Alan V. Murray

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

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Beskrivning

Fresh insights into the development of the tournament as an opportunity for social display.The period from the thirteenth to the sixteenth century witnessed a rapid development of the tournament. Alongside the original tourney - a mass battle fought between opposing armies of knights with minimal and rudimentary regulation - new forms of chivalric military contests emerged, in which entertainment featured alongside the necessity of practice for war. The joust featured individual combats, with increasingly elaborate rules and variations in form and accompanying pageantry, while the passage of arms placed tournaments within theatrical and allegorical formats. This volume brings together the latest research on the late medieval tournament, demonstrating how such events, particularly at the courts of France, Burgundy, England and the German principalities, were increasingly integrated in wider festivities, ceremonies and diplomatic negotiations. Published in association with the Royal Armouries, it will appeal to all those interested in chivalric culture and medieval warfare.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2023-10-16
Mått:156 x 234 x 16 mm
Vikt:475 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Royal Armouries Research Series
Antal sidor:263
Förlag:Boydell & Brewer Ltd
ISBN:9781837651085

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Militärhistoria inom Historia och arkeologi
Medeltiden inom Historia och arkeologi

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JAMES TITTERTON received his PhD in Medieval Studies from the University of Leeds. In addition to his work on the history of warfare, he has published on crusader rhetoric, chivalry and the medieval tournament. RALPH MOFFAT is the Curator of European Arms and Armour at Glasgow Museums. He is responsible for the care of, research, and dissemination of information on the people of this City's collection. Rosalind Brown-Grant is Professor of Late Medieval French Literature at the University of Leeds.

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highly informative and clearly written by major experts in the field.

Innehållsförteckning

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