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as training and charges in wars) and games, represented by tournaments and
jousts, as well as other evidence of lesser representativeness. To be a knight, it
was necessary to acquire all its characteristics.
Tournaments
The tournament was the sport practiced in the
Middle Ages with greater enthusiasm and that
attracted more spectators.
Its origins are obscure: the Germans claim to have
invented it; the same, say the French; but there
are no news of tournaments in Germany before
the twelfth century.
There was the Primitive Tournament, a small-
scale warfare of the medieval wars of truth: two
groups, more or less numerous, collided with one
another from sunrise to sunset. At the end of the
fight, there were dead, wounded and prisoners, a
victorious group and a vanquished group.
The battlefield, practically unlimited, was surrounded by obstacles, thickets and
ravines. In it was designated a place of refuge, where the combatants could not
be attacked; This was the only respected rule. All the weapons were valid: the
spear, the sword and the mace. All forms of combat were considered lawful. The
fighters carried mail, helmet or helmet of iron and shield.
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