Knights at Tournament

by Christopher Gravett

Book Overview

Like all warrior classes throughout history medieval knights engaged in military games, partly in preparation for war and partly for pure sport. From their often brutal origins in the 10th century to the gaudy pageantry and eventual decline of the 15th and 16th centuries, tournaments were the centre of the knightly life. The image of the armoured and surcoated knight on his caparisoned charger remains the epitome of the chivalric ideal. Christopher...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0850458366
• ISBN13: 9780850458367
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK)
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 7.2" x 9.8"

Customer Reviews

Knights at Tournamant Review

Good intordutory book on medieval tournaments.Covers William Marshal to Henry VIII, with good detail.Has excellent art, as folks have come to expect from Ospery. The book also has pleanty of pictuers of original items.Excellent for re-enactors to get an idea of what the look of the tourney should be.

Very good

A very good volume in the Osprey Elite series. The author, Christopher Gravett, describes the development of the medieval tournament from 12th to the 16th century. The drawings by Angus McBride are beautiful.