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BL
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| Record Number
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853079
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| Main Entry
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Barber, Richard W.
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| Title & Author
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Tournaments : : jousts, chivalry, and pageants in the Middle Ages /\ Richard Barber Juliet Barker.
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| Edition Statement
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1st American ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Weidenfeld & Nicolson,, ©1989.
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| Page. NO
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225 pages :: illustrations (some color) ;; 32 cm
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| ISBN
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1555844006
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: 9781555844004
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| Notes
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"First published in Great Britain in 1989 by The Boydell Press, Woodbridge"--Title page verso.
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Illustrations on lining papers.
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| Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-220) and index.
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| Contents
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The origins of the tournament -- The tournament in North-West Europe to 1400 -- The tournament in Germany -- The tournament in Italy and Spain -- The late Medieval and Renaissance tournament: spectacles, pas d'armes, and challenges -- The dangers of tournaments: spiritual condemnation and public disorder -- Tournament armour -- Tournaments as events.
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| Abstract
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Illustrations and text describe medieval tournaments in detail.
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| Subject
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Knights and knighthood-- Europe-- History.
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Tournaments, Medieval, in literature.
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Geschichte
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Knights and knighthood.
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Tournaments, Medieval, in literature.
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Turnier
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Europa.
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Europe.
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| Dewey Classification
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394/.7
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| LC Classification
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CR4553.B37 1989
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| Added Entry
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Barker, Juliet R. V.
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