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Jousting in the present day: small addition

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2017-03-11T05:13:50Z

It's not ideal, but an intro was needed

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Jousting in the present day

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2011-12-15T23:38:18Z

Inaccurate

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Popular Culture: link to de-orphan

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 ==Jousting in the present day==
-Although the practice of jousting died out in the 16th century, some groups continue to put on displays of jousting to entertain the public. An example of this is the Royal Armouries Museum in the United Kingdom where staged jousting (along with other displays of [[falconry]] and [[musket]] firing) is one of the most popular attractions during the summer months. Similar jousts are carried out at annual medieval tournaments at Burg Satzvey in [[Germany]].
+Although the practice of jousting died out in the 16th century, some groups continue to put on displays of jousting to entertain the public. An example of this are the Royal Armouries Museums in [[Leeds]] in the [[United Kingdom]] where staged jousting (along with other displays of [[falconry]] and [[musket]] firing) is one of the most popular attractions during the spring and summer months. Similar jousts are carried out at annual medieval tournaments at Burg Satzvey in [[Germany]].
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 A jousting tournament can be seen in the comic film "A Knight's Tale". The novels of [[George R.R. Martin]] feature jousting tourneys.
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 ==Jousting in history==
 In its early days, when the weapons were unblunted and [[impromptu]] contests were frequently set up on country roads, the practice was frowned upon by kings and the church as a needless loss of life. [[Henry II]] banned it. [[Richard I]], however, as a money-making device, licensed tournaments on chosen ''steads'', or fields, and contestants paid an entry fee. Jousting tournaments were often lavish affairs and offered prizes of money or land to victorious knights. The winner often claimed the horse and armour of the vanquished. Fortunes, and indeed reputations, could be won and lost, and it was a way for younger - therefore landless - knights to get up in the world. The practice is described in stirring detail in Scott's ''[[Ivanhoe]]''.
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 ==Jousting in the present day==
 Although the practice of jousting died out in the 16th century, some groups continue to put on displays of jousting to entertain the public. An example of this is the Royal Armouries Museum in the United Kingdom where staged jousting (along with other displays of [[falconry]] and [[musket]] firing) is one of the most popular attractions during the summer months. Similar jousts are carried out at annual medieval tournaments at Burg Satzvey in [[Germany]].
 ==Popular Culture==
 A jousting tournament can be seen in the comic film "A Knight's Tale". The novels of [[George R.R. Martin]] feature jousting tourneys.

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 In its early days, when the weapons were unblunted and [[impromptu]] contests were frequently set up on country roads, the practice was frowned upon by kings and the church as a needless loss of life. [[Henry II]] banned it. [[Richard I]], however, as a money-making device, licensed tournaments on chosen ''steads'', or fields, and contestants paid an entry fee. Jousting tournaments were often lavish affairs and offered prizes of money or land to victorious knights. The winner often claimed the horse and armour of the vanquished. Fortunes, and indeed reputations, could be won and lost, and it was a way for younger - therefore landless - knights to get up in the world. The practice is described in stirring detail in Scott's ''[[Ivanhoe]]''.
-A joust could also settle a score between two knights or noblemen, in the role that a [[duel]] with [[pistol]]s or [[rapier]]s came to fulfil in later centuries. [[Froissart]] describes such a duel in 1386 in his ''Chronicles''.
+A joust could also settle a score between two knights or noblemen, in the role that a [[duel]] with [[pistol]]s or [[rapier]]s came to fulfill in later centuries. [[Froissart]] describes such a duel in 1386 in his ''Chronicles''.
 ==Jousting in the present day==

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	A jousting tournament can be seen in the comic film "A Knight's Tale". The novels of [[George R.R. Martin]] feature jousting tourneys.		A jousting tournament can be seen in the comic film "A Knight's Tale". The novels of [[George R.R. Martin]] feature jousting tourneys.
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	''Joust'' may also refer to a [[video game]] where knights mounted atop flying [[ostrich]]es attempt to dismount each other.		''Joust'' may also refer to a [[video game]] where knights mounted atop flying [[ostrich]]es attempt to dismount each other.

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−	A jousting tournament can be seen in the comic film "A Knight's Tale". The novels of George R R Martin feature jousting tourneys.	+	A jousting tournament can be seen in the comic film "A Knight's Tale". The novels of [[George R.R. Martin]] feature jousting tourneys.