Jousting at Arundel Castle
Jousting is a martial game or hastilude (a generic term used in the Middle Ages to refer to many kinds of martial games) between two horse riders wielding lances with blunted tips, often as part of a tournament. The primary aim was to replicate a clash of heavy cavalry, with each participant trying hard to strike the opponent while riding towards him at high speed, breaking the lance on the opponent's shield or jousting armour if possible, or unhorsing him. The joust became an iconic characteristic of the knight in Romantic medievalism. The participants experience close to three and a quarter times their body weight in G-forces when the lances collide with their armour.
The term is derived from Old French joster, ultimately from Latin iuxtare "to approach, to meet". The word was loaned into Middle English around 1300, when jousting was a very popular sport among the Anglo-Norman knighthood. The synonym tilt (as in tilting at windmills) dates c. 1510.
Jousting reenactors have been active since the 1970s. Various companies, such as Knights Limited, held organized shows with anywhere between five to fifty actors present.
Here international teams of ‘knights’ from Australia and Scandinavia competed with British and French challengers for the honour and title of champion at Arundel Castle’s medieval jousting event in July 2019. The highlight of the summer events at the castle was a real contest of combat. Competitors fight to win, with no scripts or stunts. In between contests, visitors could enjoy the extensive range of exhibitors in a tented encampment, demonstrating and selling examples of blacksmithing, jewellery and leather work .
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Jousting at Arundel Castle
Jousting is a martial game or hastilude (a generic term used in the Middle Ages to refer to many kinds of martial games) between two horse riders wielding lances with blunted tips, often as part of a tournament. The primary aim was to replicate a clash of heavy cavalry, with each participant trying hard to strike the opponent while riding towards him at high speed, breaking the lance on the opponent's shield or jousting armour if possible, or unhorsing him. The joust became an iconic characteristic of the knight in Romantic medievalism. The participants experience close to three and a quarter times their body weight in G-forces when the lances collide with their armour.
The term is derived from Old French joster, ultimately from Latin iuxtare "to approach, to meet". The word was loaned into Middle English around 1300, when jousting was a very popular sport among the Anglo-Norman knighthood. The synonym tilt (as in tilting at windmills) dates c. 1510.
Jousting reenactors have been active since the 1970s. Various companies, such as Knights Limited, held organized shows with anywhere between five to fifty actors present.
Here international teams of ‘knights’ from Australia and Scandinavia competed with British and French challengers for the honour and title of champion at Arundel Castle’s medieval jousting event in July 2019. The highlight of the summer events at the castle was a real contest of combat. Competitors fight to win, with no scripts or stunts. In between contests, visitors could enjoy the extensive range of exhibitors in a tented encampment, demonstrating and selling examples of blacksmithing, jewellery and leather work .
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jousting
www.chichesterpost.co.uk/2019/07/historical-international...