It shows the final moments of a legend of Bertrand Du Guesclin, when he reveals his identity after competing anonymously in a tournament and beating all comers.
Illustration from Codex Rossianus 711, a 1615 manuscript copy of the Thurnierbuch (The Thurnierbuch (“tournament book”), published in 1530, is an important work on the tradition of medieval tournaments in the Holy Roman Empire.)
The Romance of Alexander. 14th century. MS Bodley 264 fol. 67r (bodley30.bodley.ox.ac.uk)
Knights jousting and receiving favour from some suspicious ladies. The knight is looking very solemn but his horse seems to know the truth about what’s going on underneath her skirt!
Did a jousting accident affect Henry VIII. personality?
According to an article from “The Independent”, King Henry VIII. may have suffered a brain damage during a joust, which turned him from a sportive, handsome prince into a paranoid tyrant.
A jousting tournament is just around the corner and the whole group is invited! Will the party have what it takes to gain the favor of the king? I hope so!
It would be a shame if the whole tournament turns out to be a deadly, elaborate plan to have the heroes assassinated too. Luckily there’s plenty of places to hide from the volleys of arrows and spells.
The creature tokens included in this map are a Barbarian, a Death Knight and a Fighter. Emerald tier gets the Death Knight while Diamond tier gets all three.
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At the end of the final joust there were shenanigans. the guys were being goofy, I assume there was a tie in points (or they are good at putting on a show), because the Lady deciding victory asked the crowd to choose a victor. This was the Blue Knight being all “Yesssss? Blue you say? YESSSSSS!” And the Red Knight threw a mock tantrum, knocking over the rope lines and basically acting like a spoiled brat, but all in fun. I was across the field from the action and didn’t have my zoom lens so this is the best end of day shenanigans photo I got.
Fun anecdote: My friend was wearing a red and black dress and when she approached the horse after the joust to pet it it must have recognized the colors (or shades, do horses see actual color?) because it kept nosing her and ignoring the other people. When we came back after the second joust she told me the handlers were joking about the horse remembering her from earlier. Because it was giving her the attention again.
