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Beschreibung
The tournament was a mock battle, at its height between 1100 and 1300, conducted by two arbitrary battalions over many square miles of open country. It was a one-day event, but when joined to ancillary festivals it could extend it to several days. The centre of the enthusiasm was across north and north-eastern France, where -- in the twelfth century -- thousands of knights assembled from across northern Europe to seek reputation and profit. But the passion for the tournament extended much further. Tournament holding had penetrated England, Germany and Austria by 1200. The tournament resembled in many senses a modern spectator sport, with spectators, chants, national teams, team colours, inflated salaries, transfer fees, celebrity cults and a lifestyle notable for its excesses. The tournament had a wider significance too. It underpinned the idea of aristocracy; a knight and aristocrat could be defined as a man who frequented the tournament.
The tournament was a mock battle, at its height between 1100 and 1300, conducted by two arbitrary battalions over many square miles of open country. It was a one-day event, but when joined to ancillary festivals it could extend it to several days. The centre of the enthusiasm was across north and north-eastern France, where -- in the twelfth century -- thousands of knights assembled from across northern Europe to seek reputation and profit. But the passion for the tournament extended much further. Tournament holding had penetrated England, Germany and Austria by 1200. The tournament resembled in many senses a modern spectator sport, with spectators, chants, national teams, team colours, inflated salaries, transfer fees, celebrity cults and a lifestyle notable for its excesses. The tournament had a wider significance too. It underpinned the idea of aristocracy; a knight and aristocrat could be defined as a man who frequented the tournament.
Über den Autor
David Crouch
Zusammenfassung
Professor Crouch is recognised as Britain's foremost expert on the rituals surrounding tournaments and jousting. An understudied area that deserves a wider audience which the paperback edition will [...] is 'joist' about everything you'll ever need to know about this subject!
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Illustrations
Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
1 Beginnings and Sources
I: The Tournament
2 Sponsorship
3 The Site
4 The Gathering and Vespers
5 The Commencement
6 The Grand Tournament
7 The Après-Tournoi
8 The Rise of the Joust
II: The World of the Tournament
9 Knights, Technology and Equipment
10 Aristocratic Violence and Society
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2006
Fachbereich: Allgemeines
Genre: Importe
Rubrik: Sozialwissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9781852855314
ISBN-10: 1852855312
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Crouch, David
Hersteller: Bloomsbury 3PL
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 234 x 156 x 14 mm
Von/Mit: David Crouch
Erscheinungsdatum: 20.11.2006
Gewicht: 0,389 kg
Artikel-ID: 131813857