Tournaments

= ​ 1. Questions (I wonder...?)=
 * I wonder why tournaments were used in the Middle Ages
 * I wonder how long a tournament took
 * I wonder how many different events took place in a tournament

= = =2. Inferences (I think that...because....)=
 * I think they were used tournaments were used to earn money and good keeping.
 * I think a tournament could take a few days because of the different events and they could spacce them out.
 * I think there was only a few different events like jousting and others.

= = =3. Resources=
 * [|Tournaments for knights]
 * [|Knights Tournaments]
 * [|The Knight and the Medieval Jousting]
 * [|medieval tournaments]
 * [|google link: tournaments]

= = = 4. Summary = I'm a competive sports player so I decided to research on medieval tournaments. The first thing I learned about was that it was a series of mounted and armoured combats between knights. The tournaments were described as "a military and combat practice.' As a result to this it kept the knights in marvalous shape. These competions were an exciting and coloful pageants. Another thing I learned about was injuries. Although they did fight with blunted weapons 10% were still injured. As the combats becames better regulated the number of fatalities droped. In 1292 the Statue of Arms Tournaments was created, meaning that no one could fight with sharp weapons. Also only authorized combatants were allowd to carry arms. Another thing I learned about was the different type of events. One was the joust, a one person event. It was an elimanation series over a period of several days. Each knight would run through the list three times. The other event was the melee, a team event. When teams fought on foot it was a pied tournament and when a team fought on horses it was a cheval tournament. Finally a Pas d'armes was a proclamation saying when and where you would fight. My final thing I learned was about the winnings. It was a good source of revenue for the fighters. In the early middle ages the winners were allowed to take the losers armour and weapons, but they would not give it up easily. The Kippers, a vassal or squire hired by the knight, would carry a blunted sword so they could knock out the loser who didn't give up his armour and weapons. Later you weren't allowed to do that. As you can see I learned alot about medieval tournaments. I think they were really cool but kinda dangerous.

= = = 5. References = Alchin, Linda. "Knights Tournaments." __The Middle Ages Website__. Middle Ages. org. Accssed November 4, 2009. []