Whereas tournaments of the late thirteenth century were infused with cross-channel contact, whether in reciprocity of form or in the international composition of the participants involved, by the early fifteenth century, tournament forms... more
Whereas tournaments of the late thirteenth century were infused with cross-channel contact, whether in reciprocity of form or in the international composition of the participants involved, by the early fifteenth century, tournament forms in England and the Netherlands had significantly diverged. As has been thoroughly explored by recent historians, English tournaments became increasingly socially exclusive, whilst retaining an international dimension in the interests of diplomacy. However, this essay demonstrates that this development was by no means typical of all late medieval tournaments. The case of the Low Countries demonstrates that the more socially inclusive style tournaments did continue into the fifteenth century, and provided an opportunity for the ducal household and noblemen to come into contact with patrician townspeople and even more diverse urban audiences.
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ournament Culture inthe Low Countries and England
Mario Daen
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conroi
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T mg ws ccludd July1290 d ws pcdd g by bg tumt, pbbly Rud bl,ths tm t Wchst d wth th ptcpt Edwd’s pspctvs--lw, th utu Jh II Bbt, wh by th hd ldy bstyg t Edwd’s cut v ys.
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Jh I dd t tumt B-l-Duc 1294, gsd th ccs th mg th duk B wth El, th dught Edwd I. Numus Eglsh kghts
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Ts tcl ws wtt wth th mwk th sch pgmm ‘BugudNblty, Pcly Pltcs d Nbl Fmls, 1425–1525’, cd by th NthldsOgst Sctc Rsch (NWO).
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Rijmkroniek van Jan van Heelu betreende de Slag van Woeringen van het jaar 1288
,d. J. F. Wllms (Bussls, 1836), vss 896–950 (s ls th dgtl dt t www.dbl.g). S ls W. v Aj,
Spiegel van ridderschap: Heraut Gelre en zijn ereredes
(Amstdm, 1990), p. 16.
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M. Bddl,
King Arthur’s Round able: An Archaeological Investigation
(Wdbdg,2000), pp. 361–2, 372.
