Jousts were a type of tournament in the middle ages. Knights participated in jousts for extra practice and a little extra money if they won. Kind of like football now; Jousts were one of the main forms of entertainment for high ranking people in medieval Europe. During a joust two knights would charge at eachother on horseback while seperated by a barrier, holding blunt lances. The knight who knocked the other off of his horse was the winner.
Jousts were usually not to the death, like many of the ancient Roman forms of entertainment. Jousting and other tournaments were mainly practice for battle for knights. I guess you could say that jousting is kind of like wrestling or MMA fights. Fights that are not to the death but practice for fighting mainly.
i learned something somewhat new in this i did the same thing as you . but, it didn't say just the wealthywent to the jousts but it said all the people and just the nobles were in elevated boxes
ReplyDeletehow much money did they win, i knew that jousting was on a horse. but i didn't know it wasn't to the death.
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