Tournaments

By Dylan Bowles
 * TOURNAMENTS IN THE MIDDLE AGES**

1. Tournaments were organized by nobles to celebrate the knighting of a son, or the marriage of a daughter. So pretty much if you win your guaranteed to get a very magnificent reward, like a horse, armor, or even a sword. 2. Before they fought there weapons and their horse was inspected. 3. The organizers offered winners a piece of armor, a horse, or the right to take the suit of armor and horse of the knights they defeated. 4. Tournaments were an opportunity for rich display of fashions, feasting, horses, and armor. Even the ladies attended, and cheered on their favorite knight. 5. The tournament were very very popular. 6. If a fighter didn’t have a horse they would have to fight on foot 7. Tournaments were very bloody and life risking. More than 60 knights were killed in 1 tourney. 8. In the 15th century knights started caring about fashion 9. The lords and ladies of the court idled during indoor games and played chess and dice. 10. Cards became popular in the 13th century.

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