{"product_id":"tournaments-jousts-chivalry-and-pageants-in-the-middle-ages","title":"Tournaments: Jousts  Chivalry and Pageants in the Middle Ages","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe first serious study of tournaments throughout Europe reveals their importance - in the training of the medieval knight  the development of arms and armour  as an instrument of political patronage  and as a grand public spectacle.  Will appeal to a wide audience. It is beautifully presented...the illustrations add further glory to a thorough historical analysis which is based on extensive research in Europe-wide sources... particularly useful in bringing toour attention lesser-known materials from the Iberian peninsula. The level of discussion  range and thoroughness of treatment and excellence of annotation make this a useful reference work for the academic historian too: it is hard to find any aspect of tournaments that is not covered.HISTORY  The first serious study of tournaments throughout Europe reveals their importance - in the training of the medieval knight  the development of arms and armour  as an instrument of political patronage  and as a grand public spectacle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44984584994869,"sku":"ByrdShop_0851157815","price":32.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780851157818.jpg?v=1770948623","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/tournaments-jousts-chivalry-and-pageants-in-the-middle-ages","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}