Knightly+Tounaments

= ​ 1. Questions (I wonder...?)= = = =2. Inferences (I think that...because....)= =3. Resources= [] [] [] [] [] = = =4. Summary= While researching tournaments in medieval times I learned that tournaments were expensive affairs and that there were different types of tournaments and that they were a big deal when they occured. I just said that tournaments were expensive and I mean it. People had to pay a special tax to help sponsor the event. Sometimes rich monarchs and nobles sponsored it as well. There are two main different classifications of tournaments. One is the joust, where one-on-one battles take place. There is also a melee. A melee is a tournament where knights fight in teams. Melee a pied is a tournament where teams fight on foot. Melee a chevel is where teams of knights compete on horseback. Everytime a tournament came to a village or city it was a huge deal. For all nobles and knights there was a huge feast at the manor house the night before and the night after the tournament. People from all around came to see tournaments. Anyway thats what I learned about knights and tournaments while researching it. = = =5. References=
 * //I wonder that the goal of tournaments was to kill the opponent even if that opponent is from the same village or manor house.//
 * //I wonder where the medieval tournaments got the money to pay for everything.//
 * //I wonder what the knights' prize was (if any) for winning a tournament.//
 * //The reason I ask the first question is because the history book says tournaments were fought with knights on one-on-one battle. To me it sounds like it was meant to kill. That doesnt make sense because// //they are part of the same army.//
 * //Medieval tournament cost money thats for sure. My guess on how the tournaments were paid for was that a rich noble sponsored the event or that villagers paid a tax.//
 * //​I would guess that the winner would get a large sum of money or food or a special privilege.//
 * Alchin, Linda "Tournaments and Knights." Middle Ages. 2006. MIddle Ages. 11-5-2009. [] **