Arms and Armour of the Joust

by Tobias Capwell

Overview

Jousting is the most iconic form of mounted combat. For more than five hundred years, the sport itself, and the chivalric culture that surrounded it, took on almost mythical qualities. Here, Tobias Capwell explains the glitz and glamour of a sport that attracted enormous popular audiences throughout the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Though he deals almost exclusively with weapons and warriors, Capwell tells a story not of war and destruction, but of pageantry and valor. This is the story of the armor of peace.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780948092831
Publisher:	Unicorn Publishing Group
Publication date:	07/20/2018
Edition description:	1
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.30(d)

About the Author

Tobias Capwell, FSA, is curator of the arms and armour collection at The Wallace Collection, London. He is an expert on the study of medieval and Renaissance armour and a skilled competitor in the modern competitive jousting community. He is the author of several books including, most recently, Arms and Armour of the Medieval Joust, also published by Royal Armouries.

Table of Contents

Preface 3

Introduction 4

The Spear Game 9

Hard Hits 15

Early Jousts 16

Targeting The Head 20

The Coronel 26

À Plaisance and À Outrance 28

The Quest for Greater Impacts 32

The Introduction of Jousting Armour 36

A Saddle for Joust and Tourney 40

The Jousting Helm 42

The Lance-Rest 50

Jousts of War 56

'Mock' Jousts of War 66

Jousts of Peace in the Fifteenth Century 72

The Tilt 78

An Armour for the Jousts Royal 82

The 'Wolfegg Housebook' 84

Epilogue 93