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==__**Elizabethan Tournaments: Jousting **__**FACTS** == = =


 * **Tournaments were enjoyed by both Commoners, Royalty and Nobles, the upper class and the lower classes. A rich member of the English aristocracy would sponsor a tournament and supply the purse for the prizes. (Alchin) **
 * **Tournaments were a series of mounted and armored combats, fought as contests, in which a number of combatants compel and the one that prevails through the final round or that finishes with the best record is declared the winner and is awarded the prize. (Alchin) **
 * **Tournaments were imported from France during the 12th century and formed an important element of Elizabethan military and social life, they are fought with blunted swords or lances. Many casualties as many as 10% were injured, and there were also fatalities. (Alchin) **
 * **The court lady, was to stand by and cheer on the Athletic displays of her man, who could also engage, out of nobleness oblige, with pheasants, though " he should be certain of winning, or else not take part at all, for it is too sad and shocking, and quite undignified when a gentleman is seen to be beaten by a pheasant." (Sponde) **
 * **The main method of of striking on target is to have your eyes set firmly on your target and force your body and intention to remain seen until you think you can see the iron tip of the lance arrive at its intended target. (Barker) **

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