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Monday, January 21. 2008

The brutal reality of the tournament

...while jousting was popular in medieval Europe, it originated as the curtain-opener to a far more brutal affair.

Read the whole thing - about the "melee" - at BBC

Posted by Bird Dog in History at 16:12 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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Be still my heart. Next to pies, brutal melee's are one of my favorite things.

I remember at one latex melee at a Renaissance Faire outside of Tiburon, CA. It was so exciting.

But please don't even get me started on trebuchets ..zing go the strings of my heart ...thank you Monty Python.
#1 Samantha on 2008-01-21 16:55 (Reply)
Pray do you think we could explore the four Humors of the Renaissance time?

Talk of the four humours are blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. The level of humours in the body characterized the personality. If a person had more blood in his body, he was characterized as having a sanguine personality. These people were very passionate, amorous, joyful, and kind. With abundance of phlegm, the personality was characterized as being phlegmatic or cowardly, unresponsive, and lacking in intellectual ability. Yellow bile meant that the person had a choleric personality. These people were generally believed to be obstinate, vengeful, impatient, and easily angered. Black bile meant that the person was melancholy or excessively brooding, gluttonous, and satiric.
Oh, the passion.
#2 Annatha on 2008-01-21 17:20 (Reply)
For the BBC it was an excellent programme - if you get a chance to watch / download it do. It wont disappoint
#3 Mr Free Market (Link) on 2008-01-21 17:33 (Reply)
Only available in the UK
#3.1 BD on 2008-01-21 17:48 (Reply)

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