jousts

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Jousts and tournaments periodically created unwonted excitement, as when, in 1389, there was a mighty contest at Smithfield.

From Memorials of Old London Volume I by Ditchfield, P. H. (Peter Hampson)

Jousts and military games were, in that age, so much the fashion, that, even under the walls of a beleaguered town, a place was set apart for the purpose.

From Barbarossa; An Historical Novel of the XII Century. by Bolanden, Conrad von

The Princess, 271 Beauchamp, Earl Richard de, 164, 171, 208, 319; his Badges, 221; at Jousts at Calais, 223 Beauchamp, Earl Thomas de, 169, 319, 320 Beauchamp, K.G.,

From The Handbook to English Heraldry by Utting, R. B.

Jousts were held in all great cities, and it was reckoned part of a courtier's business to be a skillful cavalier.

From Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) by Symonds, John Addington

Jousts and feastings were the order of the day.

From England under the Tudors by Innes, Arthur D. (Arthur Donald)