Tournaments

Jousts, Chivalry and Pageants in the Middle Ages

von Richard Barber, Juliet R V Barker

240 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

The first serious study of tournaments throughout 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.Will appeal to a wide audience. It is beautifully presented...the illustrations add further glory to a thorough historical analysis which is based on extensive research in Europe-wide sources... particularly useful in bringing toour attention lesser-known materials from the Iberian peninsula. The level of discussion, range and thoroughness of treatment and excellence of annotation make this a useful reference work for the academic historian too: it is hard to find any aspect of tournaments that is not covered.HISTORY The first serious study of tournaments throughout 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.

• Themen: Geschichte und Archäologie Geschichte Europäische Geschichte Mittelalter
• ISBN: 9780851157818
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 26.06.2000
• Größe: 305 x 217 mm
• Verlag: Boydell & Brewer