IMC 2021: Sessions
Session 1620: Arms, Armour, and the Arts of Combat, IV: Tournaments and War
Thursday 8 July 2021, 11.15-12.45
Organiser: | Karen Watts, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds / Musée du Louvre, Paris |
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Moderator/Chair: | Karen Watts, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds / Musée du Louvre, Paris |
Paper 1620-a | 'In the way of the knights-errant': Chivalric Pas d'Armes of Renaissance France (Language: English) Index terms: Military History, Performance Arts - General |
Paper 1620-b | Does Rain Stop Play?: The Impact of the Weather on Late Medieval Italian Urban Jousts (Language: English) Index terms: Geography and Settlement Studies, Military History, Social History |
Paper 1620-c | Documenting Tournament in the 15th Century: The Smithfield Tournament of 1467 (Language: English) Index terms: Heraldry, Military History |
Abstract | This panel analyses the typologies, conditions, and sources of tournaments. Marina Viallon will analyse the emergence of the 'knights errant' tournament, a style of pas d'armes popular in France which was heavily influenced by chivalric literature. Samuel Bradley will explore the impact of weather on late medieval Italian jousts, as well as the use of Piazza Santa Croce as the seemingly primary tournament site in Florence. Eleanor Wilkinson-Keys will discuss the Smithfield tournament of 1467 and consider how descriptions of horse barding, along with arms and armour, contribute to the readers' understanding of 15th-century tournament events. |