Jousting and Tournaments

The Middle Ages were a time of heroic deeds and daring battles fought by chivalric knights, but what was a knight to do in a time of peace? The creation of tournaments helped end boredom and also allowed knights to train for the next war. Tournaments, with their varying events, grew very popular not only with the participants, but with spectators as well. How, like any new trend, certain tournaments caused much controversy. This did not cause the end of tournaments though; they continued to be practiced for many years and over a wide area.
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