Tournaments, jousts and duels : formal combats in England and France, circa 1380-1440
This thesis examines the interplay between tournaments, jousts and single combats â here described collectively as formal combats â as ceremonial, military and political events within the context of late medieval Anglo-French history, circa 1380-1440. This was a period of particular interest in Anglo-French relations, beginning with the accessions of Richard II of England (1377) and Charles VI of France (1380), and encompassing alternating periods of warfare and truce, including the truce of Leulinghen and the resumption of open hostilities in the fifteenth century. It ends with the retaking of Paris by Charles VII and subsequent French military gains. This period also saw developments in formal combats themselves as the individual joust continued to increase in popularity and pas dâarmes were more frequently organised on the continent. This thesis utilises a range of sources from both England and France - including heraldic material, manuals of knighthood, chronicles and biographies - to examine how formal combats were perceived both by those who recorded them, and those who participated in them. The study of violence is often focused on the battlefield. Contemporary narrators however, placed formal
Whitbread, Rachael Elizabeth
Tournaments, jousts and duels : formal combats in England and France, circa 1380-1440. This thesis examines the interplay between tournaments, jousts and single combats â here described collectively as formal combats â as ceremonial, military and political events within the context of late medieval Anglo-French history, circa 1380-1440. This was a period of particular interest in Anglo-French relations, beginning with the accessions of Richard II of England (1377) and Charles VI of France (1380), and encompassing alternating periods of warfare and truce, including the truce of Leulinghen and the resumption of open hostilities in the fifteenth century. It ends with the retaking of Paris by Charles VII and subsequent French military gains. This period also saw developments in formal combats themselves as the individual joust continued to increase in popularity and pas dâarmes were more frequently organised on the continent. This thesis utilises a range of sources from both England and France - including heraldic material, manuals of knighthood, chronicles and biographies - to examine how formal combats were perceived both by those who recorded them, and those who participated in them. The study of violence is often focused on the battlefield. Contemporary narrators however, placed formal
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