tilting

medieval sport
Also known as: tilt

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development of sports

  • Argentina celebrating its 2022 World Cup victory
    In sports: Sports in the Middle Ages

    At the tilt, in which mounted knights with lances tried to unhorse one another, the knight was practicing the art of war, his raison d’être. He displayed his prowess before lords, ladies, and commoners and profited not only from valuable prizes but also from ransoms exacted from…

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form of jousting

  • knights jousting
    In joust

    Tilting, or riding, at the rings is a form of jousting in which the horseman rides at full gallop and inserts his lance through small metal rings. The term joust was also used for contests between two men who fought on foot.

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