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Tournaments & Jousting

Tournaments & Jousting. By:Claire Y. & Casie B. Core 1. Tournaments. Tournaments began in 11th century France. A Tournament can be called a tourney.

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Tournaments & Jousting

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  1. Tournaments & Jousting By:Claire Y. & Casie B. Core 1

  2. Tournaments • Tournaments began in 11th century France. • A Tournament can be called a tourney. • A tourney is the name popularly given to chivalrous competitions or mock fights of the middle ages and Renaissance. A mock fight is an arranged fight that is fake. Like wrestling.

  3. Jousting • Jousting offered large sums of money, although dangerous. It consists of a series of competitions using a variety of weapons usually in sets of 3 per weapon (such as tilting with a lance, blows with a battle axe, strokes with a dagger or sword), often as part of the tournament.

  4. Jousting Continued • Jousting permitted a better display of individual skill. • Many knights made fortune, while many knights lost their fortune or even their lives. • Henry the 2nd France died when his opponent`s lance went through his visor and shattered into fragments,blinding his right eye and penetrating his right temple.

  5. More Information • Military games were organized in Europe around 1000. • Equestrian games of war were from before the Romans. For example, chariot racing and the like were popular in Celtic Europe. • If a knight splintered 3 lances it was either a draw or his choice to fight on the ground. • A melee (or hand-to-hand fighting in battle) consists of 2 teams with flags on their backs using clubs and blunt swords.

  6. Even More Information • The most common horses used in Jousting were warmblood chargers and coldblood destriers. • Tournaments & Jousting is credited to Godfrey De Preuilly. • Jousting got popular in the 12th Century. • The 1st recoded Tournament was in 1066. • Tournaments were usually held to entertain royalty. • They fought in a enclosed field.

  7. Horses This is one of the horses commonly used in jousting.

  8. Visual! Many knights, fighters, and peasants died from the horse going out of control and often rearing up.

  9. Weapons • This is some of the weapons fighters in the tournament would use.

  10. This is a picture of 2 men jousting in a tournament. Jousting

  11. Armor • This is armor worn by the fighters in jousting tournaments. It is very similar to that of a knight’s garb. In its hand it holds an axe which is one of the weapons commonly used in jousting.

  12. Questions to see if you were paying attention.... • Who is credited for jousting & tournaments? • What is another name for a tournament? • True or False? Knights would always keep their fortune and had an even chance in dying. • Did jousting offer a small or large sum of money or nothing at all? • How did some horses act?

  13. Answers • 1. Godfrey De Preuilly was credited for creating jousting & tournaments. • 2.Another name for a tournament is a tourney. • 3.False. Knights would often lose their money or their life. • 4.Jousting offered a large sum of money. • 5. Some horses got out of control; knocking off their rider and sometimes killing them.

  14. Fin A Y&B Collaborative Effort Actors: Knights ------------------------- Knights Horses --------------------------Horses King-looking Guy ------------ Godfrey De Preuilly Props: Lances------------ Blacksmith Swords ----------- Blacksmith Daggers ---------- Blacksmith Spear ------------ Blacksmith Other --------- Blacksmith and/or some other guy Sources: middle-ages.org.uk/history-of-jousting.htm wikipedia/jousting.com/ wikipedia/tournaments.com/ THE END!

  15. NOOOOO IT’S OVER! Any Questions?

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