Was Jousting a fight to the death?
When we think of the Middle Ages then the image of two jousting knights is usually among the first connotations we have with that time period. But when imagining a…
When we think of the Middle Ages then the image of two jousting knights is usually among the first connotations we have with that time period. But when imagining a…
When we think of a medieval tournament then we usually think of a joust that was held in front of a castle. But until the end of the 14th century,…
When we think of medieval battles than we usually imagine large-scale fighting between large armies that leaves behind a large number of fallen knights. But was that really the case?…
Today cheating is pretty common in competitive sports. But is cheating a modern phenomenon or did people in the past, like for example medieval knights, also cheat? And if so,…