Medieval glossary. 2014.
Joust of war — In the 13c and 14c England was frequently at war with both France and Scotland. Such wars rarely involved full scale pitched battles; rather, there were skirmishes and much plundering of the countryside. From this came a variation of the sport… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
Joust — Tournament or combat of two mounted knights, tilting using lances. The charge of two knights bearing shield and lance. See also the Joust of Peace and Joust of War … Medieval glossary
Joust of peace — Some tournaments took place with the intention of limiting the threat of serious injury or death. For example, in 1278, a Tournament of Peace was held at Windsor. None of the weapons were made of metal: swords were bone, shields wooden, the… … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
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Joust (novel) — infobox Book | name = Joust title orig = translator = image caption = author = Mercedes Lackey cover artist = country = language = English series = The Dragon Jousters genre = Fantasy publisher = DAW release date = March 2003 media type = Print… … Wikipedia
war — n 1. combat, warfare, fighting, hostilities; clash, conflict, struggle, strife, contention; battle, contest, bout, skirmish, action, brush; collision, engagement, encounter, rencounter; fight, donnybrook, duel, joust, tilt; confrontation,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
war — Synonyms and related words: American Revolution, Ares, Athena, Balkan Wars, Bellona, Boer War, Civil War, Crimean War, Crusades, Enyo, Franco Prussian War, French Revolution, Gallic Wars, Greco Persian Wars, Indian Wars, Indochina War, Kilkenny… … Moby Thesaurus
joust — Synonyms and related words: Olympic games, Olympics, battle, bout, box, brawl, broil, clash, close, collide, combat, come to blows, concours, contend, contest, cut and thrust, derby, duel, encounter, engagement, exchange blows, fence, feud, fight … Moby Thesaurus
wage war — Synonyms and related words: battle, box, brawl, broil, carry on hostilities, clash, close, collide, combat, come to blows, contend, contest, cut and thrust, duel, engage in hostilities, exchange blows, fence, feud, fight, fight a duel, give and… … Moby Thesaurus
Tournaments — Introduced to England as *Conflictus Gallicus, a tournament was a somewhat chaotic affair, known as a * melee from which our use of the word. At first, the melee took place in open countryside, with a large number of knights and their attendants … Dictionary of Medieval Terms and Phrases
