chivalry and jousting
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The concept of Chivalry emerges from two traditions:
•Germanic concepts of honour and loyalty
•Christian ethic
The rise of crusading contributed to strengthen the chivalrous ethic.
The first stage of honorable achievement was to defend the faith and
protect the Holy Church
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Other duties were to defend and rotect the weak, includin women,
widows, and
children,
and
to
pursue criminals and bring them to justice.
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When the candidate knight was about twenty —and
considered adequately prepared physically andmentally— he would be solemnly and publicly made a
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which Germanic primitive societies marked thecoming of age of adolescence.
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Adubment on the Battle Field (after a 14th Century Arthurian Romance)
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Jousts and ournaments
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used in a joust. It was about 4 metres in length and
averaged 12 cm in diameter, being thicker toward the
with a conical guard protecting the hand and arm.
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Various European
Swords,
12th
‐13th
Centuries
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Various Forms of Battle‐Axes, 13th and 14th
Centuries
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Closed helmet 14th centur
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Fully armored horse
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Tournaments often started with a mêlée:
A fight in which the combatants are mingled
in one confused mass. Two groups of riders
their opponents, the contest continuing untilno member of one group retains his plume
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Two n g ts g t w e t e a es
watch from the battlements
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Wor g t ng on oot
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Dur ng t e tournaments, n g ts
were often seriously wounded
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healing his wounds and given the
crown of victory