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Lords of chivalry

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Amanda Thomas
Amanda Thomas

King Henry II and King Henry VIII participated in medieval jousting tournaments throughout Europe where knights competed to show their battlefield skills. Jousting provided wealth and fame for successful knights whose lineages can still be traced today. Modern jousting features knights in over 100 pound stainless steel armor following Renaissance tournament requirements. They ride massive warhorses and compete in the list, charging towards each other to score points by landing lance hits on target areas or unhorsing opponents. Squires assist the knights by retrieving equipment and helping with the horses.

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Lords of Chivalry Full Contact Jousting Troupe
In medieval Europe, from 1000-1500 AD and Renaissance Europe from 1500-1800 AD, tournament jousting really was the Sport of Kings. History
King Henry II and King Henry VIII jousted in many tournaments throughout Europe. Tournaments were, for the most part, where knights came to show their battlefield skills which were made obsolete by such inventions as crossbows that fired heavy bolts and firearms. Both could also penetrate the early armor. Along the way the fortunes gained by tournament victories made many Knights extremely wealthy. To this day, there are families throughout the world that can trace their lineage and good fortune back to these tournament Knights and their winnings. History (cont.)
Armour is most typically made of stainless steel, with weights well over 100 pounds, and is patterned from the jousting armour of the late Renaissance for safety. It takes many different pieces of armour to make up a full harness, from the helm (now called Helmets) down to the sabatons (the footguards). Each piece from head to toe is made to certain tournament requirements. They are: Real Armour Helms, min 14 gauge with locking visor Gorget, min 18 gauge Breastplate, min. 14 gauge Back Plate, Min 18 gauge Elbow and Knee Cops , min 16 gauge Vambraces, Rearbraces and Cuisses, min 18 gauge Paldron, left side, min 14 gauge Gauntlets (French word for glove) left hand 14 gauge, right hand, no minimum gauge. The Brayette generally consists of a very heavy leather skirt overlaid by steel chainmail.
The horses used in the joust are referred to as War Horses due to their size. War Horses need to be larger horses also called draft horse for their ability to carry large amounts of weight. On the right is Hercules the Magnificent and he is a 2000lb Percheron War Horse. War Horses
Warhorses often wear a bard made up of the colors and emblems of the knight's coat-of-arms. The most commonly worn pieces of horse armour are: The Chamfron for the horse's face protection The Peytral for chest protection The Crupper for hindquarter decoration, with additional decorations on the secondary reins. War Horse Armour
Squires are the VERY brave souls that volunteer to aid the knights on the ground during the joust. Squires have many jobs on the ground ranging from standing at the ends of the list calling out commands, collecting broken lance pieces from the field before the next charge, handing up lances to knights, and even helping a fallen knight off the ground after an unhorsing and even controlling the horse from the ground if needed. Squires
The Joust
Today the Joust takes place in the list. The list, consists of two well defined lanes roped on all sides and spans a total of 200 feet. Both Knights enter the list on opposite sides, accept their lances then come about to face each other, salute their opponents by the raising of the lance, and then charge. The average speed at contact has been clocked at just over 20 miles an hour per knight. Scoring can vary from tournament to tournament, but generally points are given as: 1 point for a touch with the tip of the lance on the target area 3 points for breaking the tip on the target area 5 points for breaking the lance on the target area 5 points to each knight in the event their lances meet tip to tip (this is where the knights lower their lances so perfectly simultaneously that the tip of their lances make contact) 10 points for the unhorsing of the opponent In days of old, you would have won your opponent's horse for the unhorsing. Today if a horse is HIT in any fashion by a lance, 10 points are deducted from that knight's score for the first offense. If a second hit is made by that knight on any other horse, he is disqualified from the tournament. We take extreme measures to insure the absolute safety of these majestic War Horses. As with the knights of old, a knight without his horse was just infantry or dead. The Joust (cont.)

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Lords of chivalry

  • 1. Lords of Chivalry Full Contact Jousting Troupe
  • 2. In medieval Europe, from 1000-1500 AD and Renaissance Europe from 1500-1800 AD, tournament jousting really was the Sport of Kings. History
  • 3. King Henry II and King Henry VIII jousted in many tournaments throughout Europe. Tournaments were, for the most part, where knights came to show their battlefield skills which were made obsolete by such inventions as crossbows that fired heavy bolts and firearms. Both could also penetrate the early armor. Along the way the fortunes gained by tournament victories made many Knights extremely wealthy. To this day, there are families throughout the world that can trace their lineage and good fortune back to these tournament Knights and their winnings. History (cont.)
  • 4. Armour is most typically made of stainless steel, with weights well over 100 pounds, and is patterned from the jousting armour of the late Renaissance for safety. It takes many different pieces of armour to make up a full harness, from the helm (now called Helmets) down to the sabatons (the footguards). Each piece from head to toe is made to certain tournament requirements. They are: Real Armour Helms, min 14 gauge with locking visor Gorget, min 18 gauge Breastplate, min. 14 gauge Back Plate, Min 18 gauge Elbow and Knee Cops , min 16 gauge Vambraces, Rearbraces and Cuisses, min 18 gauge Paldron, left side, min 14 gauge Gauntlets (French word for glove) left hand 14 gauge, right hand, no minimum gauge. The Brayette generally consists of a very heavy leather skirt overlaid by steel chainmail.
  • 5. The horses used in the joust are referred to as War Horses due to their size. War Horses need to be larger horses also called draft horse for their ability to carry large amounts of weight. On the right is Hercules the Magnificent and he is a 2000lb Percheron War Horse. War Horses
  • 6. Warhorses often wear a bard made up of the colors and emblems of the knight's coat-of-arms. The most commonly worn pieces of horse armour are: The Chamfron for the horse's face protection The Peytral for chest protection The Crupper for hindquarter decoration, with additional decorations on the secondary reins. War Horse Armour
  • 7. Squires are the VERY brave souls that volunteer to aid the knights on the ground during the joust. Squires have many jobs on the ground ranging from standing at the ends of the list calling out commands, collecting broken lance pieces from the field before the next charge, handing up lances to knights, and even helping a fallen knight off the ground after an unhorsing and even controlling the horse from the ground if needed. Squires
  • 9. Today the Joust takes place in the list. The list, consists of two well defined lanes roped on all sides and spans a total of 200 feet. Both Knights enter the list on opposite sides, accept their lances then come about to face each other, salute their opponents by the raising of the lance, and then charge. The average speed at contact has been clocked at just over 20 miles an hour per knight. Scoring can vary from tournament to tournament, but generally points are given as: 1 point for a touch with the tip of the lance on the target area 3 points for breaking the tip on the target area 5 points for breaking the lance on the target area 5 points to each knight in the event their lances meet tip to tip (this is where the knights lower their lances so perfectly simultaneously that the tip of their lances make contact) 10 points for the unhorsing of the opponent In days of old, you would have won your opponent's horse for the unhorsing. Today if a horse is HIT in any fashion by a lance, 10 points are deducted from that knight's score for the first offense. If a second hit is made by that knight on any other horse, he is disqualified from the tournament. We take extreme measures to insure the absolute safety of these majestic War Horses. As with the knights of old, a knight without his horse was just infantry or dead. The Joust (cont.)