Editorial: Boydell & Brewer
Colección: Armour and Weapons ; 3
Número de páginas: 574 págs. 17.2 x 24.4 cm
Fecha de edición: 31-03-2024
EAN: 9781837651597
ISBN: 978-1-83765-159-7
Precio (sin IVA): 53,48 €
Precio (IVA incluído): 55,62 €
Jousting was for some 500 years the major spectator sport in western Europe. And yet, despite its enormous popularity in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, very little is known about its practicalities. How was the score determined and kept? How and why did jousting armour evolve, how effective was it, and how did it differ from the field armour worn by knights in battle? What constituted technical virtuosity in the lists? And why did jousting die out? This book uses previously untapped Iberian source material to provide answers to such questions.