Tournaments. Jousts, chivalry and pageants in the Middle Ages. Richard Barber & Juliet Barker

Tournaments. Jousts, chivalry and pageants in the Middle Ages.

Author	Richard Barber & Juliet Barker
Publisher	Woodbridge: The Boydell Press, 1989
Edition	1
Weight	1400 gram
CF
Keywords	Tournaments, Combat sports, Toernooien, Toernooien: Middeleeuwen
Booknumber	19790
Category's	History & Archaeology (Middle Ages) Hobbies (Sports & Games) History & Archaeology (Europe) Hipology & Horses (15th Century) Hipology & Horses (16th Century) Hipology & Horses (17th Century) Hipology & Horses (France) Hipology & Horses (Cavalry) Culture History (Europe) Culture History (Middle Ages) Hipology & Horses (Middle Ages)
4to, pp. 225. Hardcover with dust jacket. Illustrated. Includes bibliography and index. A concentrated and beautifully illustrated history of the tournaments in Europe from the origin in the 11th century until the decline in the 17th century, in which the 'Jousts, Chivalry and Pageants' of the subtitle figure only when directly relevant to the central activity. The first serious study of tournaments in Europe reveals their importance - in the training of the medieval knight, the development of arms and armour, as an instrument of political patronage, and as a grand public spectacle. Price-clipped jacket with some shelf-wear. Fine copy in a very good dust jacket.
Prijs	� 45.00