Jousting Collection

Knights Tale, Joust
Palamon desireth to slay his foe Arcite

Richard II interrupting a tournament
Richard II stopping a tournament between Thomas Mowbray, Duke of Norfolk, and Henry Bolingbroke, Duke of Hereford -- a scene which comes at the beginning of Shakespeares play

Arthurian Tournament
Lancelot defeats Sir Mador de la Porte in the battle to uphold the honour of Guinevere

Tournament joust
They rode at full gallop till they met

Jousting / London Bridge
A joust on the London Bridge in the presence of Richard II

Jousting at coronation of Joan of Navarre
Festivities, including jousting, at the coronation of Joan (Joanna) of Navarre as queen in 1403, after her marriage to King Henry IV of England

The champion of the tournament. Engraving by Burgmayer, 19th century version from a compilation entitled Vita Imperatoris Maximiliani. Drawing by Albrecht Durer, 15th century

Lady presenting the prize of the tournament. Chromolithography by Regamey after Tournois du roi Rene, ca. 1489. Vie Militaire et Religieuse au Moyen Age et a l'Epoque de la Renaissance

Tournaments. Review of helmets in the cloister
Tournaments. The standards and helmets are kept in a cloister. The preliminaries are managed by the judges, in the presence of the ladies and participants of the tournament

Exercise of the quintain. Medieval chivalry training
Exercise of quintain. Medieval chivalry training. A dummy, mounted on a rotating pivot with a shield, was used by mounted riders to simulate real combat situations

Norman weaponry: lance 212, Gisarma or halberd 213, Bipennis or double battle axe 214, battle axe 215, 226, 227, spear 216, jousting spear 217, cross-bearing orb or Reichsapfel 218-220

Le Tournoi The Tournament
This illustration shows a group of colourfully dressed young ladies spectating a jousting tournement, they are currently admiring a competitor performing on his armoured horse. Date: circa 1901

Medieval Jousting Tournament, arrival and contest

R. I. Historical costume ball by John Hassall
Scenes from the historical costume ball of the Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolour, with the various history-themed entertainments, devised by Master of Ceremonies, John Hassall

Magdalena Potschner and her seven daughters, 1477
Magdalena Potschner kneeling in fur-lined mantle and wimple, with coat of arms of a frog, 1477. Her seven daughters behind her. From the Potschner altar in Saint Peters Church, Munich

Walther von Klingen jousting in a tournament watched by five noble women. German knight, poet and minstrel or Minnesanger, d. 1286. From a miniature in the Codex Manesse

Ancient Quintain, Offham, Kent -- a medieval wooden post with a rotating arm, located on the village green, used in jousting and tilting. 1894

Tilting games, 14th century. Men wrestling for possession of a pole and the winner with pole (top) tilting rings and jousting toys (middle), and mounted man tilting at a ring (bottom)

Tilting at a basin (tirer la jatte) while mounted on a barrel pulled by two men. Scene at a festival or fete, 16th century

Jousting at a quintain or pavo. Taken from Antoine de Pluvinels L Instruction du Roy en l exercise de monter a cheval, 1668

Medieval jousting tournament, Cornwall
A medieval jousting tournament taking place in Cornwall, with men in costume on horseback, galloping past each other, and spectators in the background. Date: circa 1980s

Knights jousting
Two knights ready to charge. Date: 14th century

Bertrand du Guesclin at jousting tournament
Young Bertrand du Guesclin at the tournament. Date: 14th century

Tilt-yard at Westminster, London, where jousting took place in courtyard. circa 16th century

Tournament in honor of Isabeau of Bavaria. Isabeau of Bavaria was born into the House of Wittelsbach as the eldest daughter of Duke Stephen III of Bavaria-Ingolstadt and Taddea Visconti of Milan

Jousting tournament
Anglo-French tournament at Saint-Inglebert, near Calais. Date: circa 1380s

Medieval tournament
Medieval knights on horseback about to receive their jousts, while heralds blow their trumpets

Quintain
Old English Sports - Quintain, akin to jousting, taking place in a medaeval setting. Date: 1908

Jousting
Old English Sports - Jousting taking place in a medaeval setting. Date: 1908

Representation of an Ancient Tournament - Jousting
A Representation of an Ancient Tournament - Jousting. 1769

Tilting at the ring
Horseman rides at full gallop towards a small metal ring to hopefully insert his lance through, this was a medieval sport. Date: 17th century

ENGLISH KNIGHTS FIGHTING
Two mounted Knights in mortal combat. Date: circa 1260

KNIGHTS JOUSTING
Two knights (one being von Klingen) joust and are watched by concerned noblewomen. Date: 12th Century

Sir Philip Sidney jousts at Whitehall
Sir Philip Sidney(1554-1586), poet, soldier and courtier, jousts at Whitehall. Date: circa 1580

Water tournament
In former times a sport used upon the River Thames, London, which is now discontinued, two wherries to row and run one against the other with staves in their hands, flat at the fore-end

Medieval tournament. Great Chronicles of France. Miniature. Chateau of Chantilly. France

Tournament on the Field of the Cloth of Gold, France
Tournament on the Field of the Cloth of Gold, Balinghem, northern France, 7 to 24 June 1520. 1520

Roman sporting combat - jousting in chariots
Roman sporting combat - jousting with spears in chariots - one of the many varied entertainments available at ones local amphitheatre

A Poynte to Poynte in Olden Days
Humorous illustration by Will Owen showing two knights in combat

Jousting Armour / 1600
Jousting armour Date: 1600

Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) Earl of Beaconsfield Statesman and writer

Jousting tournament, St Erth, Cornwall
Jousting tournament taking place at St Erth, near Hayle, Cornwall. The two jousters have their helmets on, ready to charge. Date: circa 1970s

Jousting armets in the Emperor Maximilian style.. Chromolithograph from Jakob Heinrich von Hefner-Altenecks Costumes, Artworks and Appliances from the Middle Ages to the 17th Century, Frankfurt, 1889

Carved comb from the 15th century showing a scene from Tristan and Isolde.. The other side shows a tournament with jousting knights in suits of armour

Chat at the Chateau, by Bairnsfather
Chat at the Chateau " No, one never could be quite certain of ones life in those days" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Two Americans

Tournament in the Vatican, Italian School. An 18th century painting depicting a 16th century event

Medieval jousting event, Cornwall
A medieval jousting event taking place in Cornwall, with a large crowd of spectators. A jouster gallops along, aiming his jousting pole at a metal target in the shape of a man. Date: circa 1980s

British Ballad, Sir Lancelot du Lac
SIR LANCELOT DU LAC. British ballad telling the tale of one of the greatest of the Knights of the Round Table in the Arthurian legend

Water Quintain
A medieval game of water quintain

Jousting in Boats 1555
Two men joust in boats

English Knights Fighting
Two knights on horseback during a jousting tournament

Flags during Jousting
A house decorated with various flags during a jousting tournament (possibly France)

Tennyson (Hornet)
ALFRED, LORD TENNYSON English poet A caricature

Pont Notre-Dame / Raguenet
The Pont Notre-Dame in the 18th century : water-jousting is taking place on the Seine

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