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It can be distinguished from the GladiatorGames in that tourney are fought in by men of RoyalBlood, or BlueBlood. Without being knighted, a character can't compete. ([[SelfProclaimedKnight At least, if he tells the truth]].) It's very common for it to be part of the celebration after a knighting -- after all the new knight must show what he's made of. It's also very common for a knight to carry TheLadysFavor for it.
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It can be distinguished from the GladiatorGames in that tourney are fought in by men of RoyalBlood, or BlueBlood. Without being knighted, a character can't compete. ([[SelfProclaimedKnight At least, if he tells the truth]].) It's very common for it to be part of the celebration after a knighting {{knighting}} -- after all the new knight must show what he's made of. It's also very common for a knight to carry TheLadysFavor for it.
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* In Debra Doyle and James MacDonald's ''Knight's Wyrd'', the newly knighted Will sets out on the round of tourneys throughout the land.
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sports like Polo. There are even updated tourneys that include contests with modern weapon's platforms like the Tiger Meet fighter competition regularly held in Belgium.
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*Aside from the European version, stylized martial games can be found in many cultures and were the origin of many major sports.
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* In PatriciaCWrede's ''EnchantedForest'' novel ''Talking To Dragons'', they stage a fight between a knight and a dragon, which, Daystar knows, is not a proper tournament even though they call it one.
** A proper one is held in "Utensile Strength", before the bake-off to trick a hero into discovering he's the proper wielder of the Frying Pan of Doom.
** A proper one is held in "Utensile Strength", before the bake-off to trick a hero into discovering he's the proper wielder of the Frying Pan of Doom.
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* In EdwardEager's ''Knight's Castle'', the children visit a world of toy knights who host a tournament.
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* Queen Elizabeth I's Ascession Day was annually celebrated with a tourney, which was more than half pageantry. Every knight would chose his alias, his pageant car, the proper attendants and a motto to flatter the queen, make a grand speech in her honor, -- and, oh yes, actually riding in tilts against another knight.
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* Queen Elizabeth I's Ascession Accession Day (the anniversary of the day she became queen) was annually celebrated with a tourney, which was more than half pageantry. Every knight would chose choose his alias, his pageant car, the proper attendants and a motto to flatter the queen, make a grand speech in her honor, -- and, oh yes, actually riding in tilts against another knight.
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* ThomasMalory's ''Literature/LeMorteDarthur.'' At one point Lancelot disguised himself by carrying Elaine's favor -- everyone knew he was in love with the queen and wouldn't carry another woman's.
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* ThomasMalory's Creator/ThomasMalory's ''Literature/LeMorteDarthur.'' At one point Lancelot disguised himself by carrying Elaine's favor -- everyone knew he was in love with the queen and wouldn't carry another woman's.
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* In Sir WalterScott's ''QuentinDurward'', in the BackStory, Isabelle's aunt was married off to the victor of a tourney; the king, citing that, decides she shall be married off to whoever brings him the head of de la Marck.
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* In Sir WalterScott's Creator/WalterScott's ''QuentinDurward'', in the BackStory, Isabelle's aunt was married off to the victor of a tourney; the king, citing that, decides she shall be married off to whoever brings him the head of de la Marck.
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* In the ''{{Belgariad}}'' and ''Malloreon'', the Arendish people, who basically embody a parody of ChivalricRomance, have tourneys regularly for various reasons, including the purposes of TrialByCombat. A few other races have tourneys as well, usually to settle arguments over which warrior is the best with the minimum of bloodshed.
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* In the ''{{Belgariad}}'' ''Literature/{{Belgariad}}'' and ''Malloreon'', the Arendish people, who basically embody a parody of ChivalricRomance, have tourneys regularly for various reasons, including the purposes of TrialByCombat. A few other races have tourneys as well, usually to settle arguments over which warrior is the best with the minimum of bloodshed.
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* In JRRTolkien's ''FarmerGilesOfHam'', one excuse the knights gave for not fighting the dragon was they would miss a scheduled tourney.
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* In JRRTolkien's ''FarmerGilesOfHam'', Creator/JRRTolkien's ''Literature/FarmerGilesOfHam'', one excuse the knights gave for not fighting the dragon was they would miss a scheduled tourney.
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* In ''Literature/TheUnhandsomePrince'', Melinower hosts a regular one, with separate categories for regular and enchanted weapons. Prince Hal decides to enter with the apparently-useless enchanted sword he recently bought, and, since no one knows that he's finally discovered the sword's secret, he can bet heavily on himself.
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* In MichaelFlynn's ''Literature/SpiralArm'' novel ''In the Lion's Mouth'', the Pedant notes that the pasdarms is certainly descended from this. While the fighting bears no relationship, the pageantry was very like the late medieval tourneys.
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* ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' uses tourneys to highlight important events. In the first book, Robert holds the Tourney of The Hand (despite the kingdom being near bankruptcy) to celebrate his friend Ned's ascension to Hand of the King. Another example is the[[NoodleIncident Tourney of Harrenhal]], which plays an important part in several characters' backstories.
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* ''AConnecticutYankeeInKingArthursCourt'' (1949). While at a tournament Hank Morgan fights a duel with a knight, defeating him by lassoing him with a rope.
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* ''AConnecticutYankeeInKingArthursCourt'' ''Literature/AConnecticutYankeeInKingArthursCourt'' (1949). While at a tournament Hank Morgan fights a duel with a knight, defeating him by lassoing him with a rope.
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Not unsurprisingly, this often features in fiction with knights from the ChivalricRomance onward. Usually just jousting, and fairly innocuously -- deaths are treated as rare freak accidents. Though the jousting can also contain hidden rivalries, or even be trial by combat.TrialByCombat. In some cases, [[EngagementChallenge a princess or great lady will marry the victor.]]
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* In the ChivalricRomance ''Sir Degare'', Degare fights in a tourney for the hand of a princess. Only once he has won does it occur to him to test the princess with a token left with him when he was abandoned as a child; this enables her to recognize him as her son before the situation gets out of hand. He later meets his father and reunites the couple.
* In the ChivalricRomance ''Sir Degrevant'', Degrevant, long persecuted by a neighboring lord and long in love with the neighbor's daughter, enters and win a tournament for her hand.
* In the ChivalricRomance ''Sir Degrevant'', Degrevant, long persecuted by a neighboring lord and long in love with the neighbor's daughter, enters and win a tournament for her hand.
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* In the ChivalricRomance ''Richard Coeur de Lion'' -- bearing minimal resemblence to the historical figure -- Richard appeared in disguise for a three day's tourney, once in black, once in red, once in white.
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* William Marshal is became known as "the greatest knight who ever lived" and started his career as a Tourney fighter when his father send him away to France to get rid of him. He became so successful and famous, that he was chosen by King Henry II of England to be the personal trainer of his son and to take him into his tournament team. He came to serve the royal household under four kings and for some time even was the regent of the kingdom.
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* ''ASongOfIceAndFire'' uses tourneys to highlight important events. In the first book, Robert holds the Tourney of The Hand (despite the kingdom being near bankruptcy) to celebrate his friend Ned's ascension to Hand of the King. Another example is the[[NoodleIncident Tourney of Harrenhal]], which plays an important part in several characters' backstories.
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* Henry II of France was accidentally killed in a tourney.
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* Queen Elizabeth I's Ascession Day was annually celebrated with a tourney, which was more than half pageantry. Every knight would chose his alias, his pageant car, the proper attendants and a motto to flatter the queen, make a grand speech in her honor, -- and, oh yes, actually riding in tilts against another knight.
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The BlackKnight may show up, unidentified. Indeed, some knights have taken advantages of the armor to maintain a SecretIdentity as a menial servant.
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servant -- often [[RuleOfThree three tournaments]] before he's unmasked.
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* In the ChivalricRomance ''Partonope de Blois'', the last thing Partonope must do to win back his beloved Melior is to win at three days of tourney.
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* In the ChivalricRomance ''Sir Isumbras'', Isumbras [[FallenOnHardTimesJob is reduced to menial work]] as TheBlacksmith. However, he makes himself armor, and when some characters, as a jest, give him a horse, he distinguishes himself at the tourney.
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Not unsurprisingly, this often features in fiction with knights from the ChivalricRomance onward. Usually just jousting, and fairly innocuously -- deaths are treated as rare freak accidents. Though the jousting can also contain hidden rivalries, or even be trial by combat. In some cases, [[StandardHeroReward [[EngagementChallenge a princess or great lady will marry the victor.]]
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* King Wilfrid's Faire stages a tourney daily in ''[[AuntDimity Aunt Dimity Slays the Dragon]]''. Lilian Bunting enthusiastically notes it is complete with the melee.
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When [[KnightInShiningArmor knights]] were bold, they fought not only in battle, but in tourneys. Originally this was a melee -- divided into two sides, the knights proceeded to go at each other with great vigor and frequent deaths. As time went on, the more familiar jousting was added; by the time of the Rennaissance, jousts often dominated, along with other entertainments, especially highly stylized pageantry.
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When [[KnightInShiningArmor knights]] were bold, they fought not only in battle, but in tourneys. Originally this was a melee -- divided into two sides, the knights proceeded to go at each other with great vigor and frequent deaths. As time went on, the more familiar jousting was added; by the time of the Rennaissance, jousts often dominated, along with other entertainments, especially highly stylized pageantry.
pageantry. (The original tournaments, named so for the way the horses would turn to do the next pass at arms.)
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* ThomasMalory's ''LeMorteDarthur.'' At one point Lancelot disguised himself by carrying Elaine's favor -- everyone knew he was in love with the queen and wouldn't carry another woman's.
* In THWhite's ''TheOnceAndFutureKing''. Unusually, he actually uses the melee form, and talks of the time that Lancelot and Gareth took the other side from Arthur and Gareth's other brothers.
* In THWhite's ''TheOnceAndFutureKing''. Unusually, he actually uses the melee form, and talks of the time that Lancelot and Gareth took the other side from Arthur and Gareth's other brothers.
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* ThomasMalory's ''LeMorteDarthur.''Literature/LeMorteDarthur.'' At one point Lancelot disguised himself by carrying Elaine's favor -- everyone knew he was in love with the queen and wouldn't carry another woman's.
* In THWhite's''TheOnceAndFutureKing''.''Literature/TheOnceAndFutureKing''. Unusually, he actually uses the melee form, and talks of the time that Lancelot and Gareth took the other side from Arthur and Gareth's other brothers.
* In THWhite's
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->''By a knight of ghosts and shadows\\
I summoned am to tourney,\\
Ten leagues beyond the wide world's end –\\
Methinks it is no journey.
->--'''Tom o'Bedlam's Song'''
When [[KnightInShiningArmor knights]] were bold, they fought not only in battle, but in tourneys. Originally this was a melee -- divided into two sides, the knights proceeded to go at each other with great vigor and frequent deaths. As time went on, the more familiar jousting was added; by the time of the Rennaissance, jousts often dominated, along with other entertainments, especially highly stylized pageantry.
Not unsurprisingly, this often features in fiction with knights from the ChivalricRomance onward. Usually just jousting, and fairly innocuously -- deaths are treated as rare freak accidents. Though the jousting can also contain hidden rivalries, or even be trial by combat. In some cases, [[StandardHeroReward a princess or great lady will marry the victor.]]
The BlackKnight may show up, unidentified. Indeed, some knights have taken advantages of the armor to maintain a SecretIdentity as a menial servant.
It can be distinguished from the GladiatorGames in that tourney are fought in by men of RoyalBlood, or BlueBlood. Without being knighted, a character can't compete. ([[SelfProclaimedKnight At least, if he tells the truth]].) It's very common for it to be part of the celebration after a knighting -- after all the new knight must show what he's made of. It's also very common for a knight to carry TheLadysFavor for it.
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!!Examples
[[AC: Fairy Tales]]
* In '' [[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/044.htm The Golden Crab]]'',the king tries to have such a tourney to substitute a bridegroom for the crab his daughter married.
-->''Then the King said to her, 'I will appoint a tournament in your honour, and I will invite all the princes in the world to it, and if any one of them pleases you, you shall marry him.'''
[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* ''AConnecticutYankeeInKingArthursCourt'' (1949). While at a tournament Hank Morgan fights a duel with a knight, defeating him by lassoing him with a rope.
* ''AKnightsTale'' is all about these.
[[AC:Literature]]
* ThomasMalory's ''LeMorteDarthur.'' At one point Lancelot disguised himself by carrying Elaine's favor -- everyone knew he was in love with the queen and wouldn't carry another woman's.
* In THWhite's ''TheOnceAndFutureKing''. Unusually, he actually uses the melee form, and talks of the time that Lancelot and Gareth took the other side from Arthur and Gareth's other brothers.
* In Sir WalterScott's ''QuentinDurward'', in the BackStory, Isabelle's aunt was married off to the victor of a tourney; the king, citing that, decides she shall be married off to whoever brings him the head of de la Marck.
** In ''{{Ivanhoe}}'', Ivanhoe and other knights fight in one.
* In the ChivalricRomance ''Roswall and Lillian'', Roswell magically appears as an armored knight to fight in the tourney for three days, despite working as a menial servant in between.
* In the ChivalricRomance ''Ipomadon'', Ipomadon appears at the tourney in disguise -- pretending to be hunting in the meantime, even though it is for the hand of the princess he loves.
* In ''The Armor of Light'', James's court stages one. Sir Philip Sidney, fighting, is targetted by BlackMagic but still manages to triumph.
* The tourney in the honor of Eddard Stark becoming the Hand of King is a major plot point in book one of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''.
** Another famous tourney was the Tourney of Harrenhal. Prince Rhaegar won and crowned Lyanna Stark as Queen of Love and Beauty, an event that helped start a rebellion.
* In Victoria Ugryumova's ''Doppelganger for the Jester'', a tourney in the honor of the new empress is marred by an assassination attempt on TheEmperor. Also, by tradition, the winner of the tourney challenges a member of the [[PraetorianGuard Emperor's Guard]] to one-on-one combat--and gets his ass handed back to him, just like every other challenger before him.
* In Spencer's ''Literature/TheFaerieQueene'', the knights regularly have tournaments to honor Queen Gloriana.
* In EdwardEager's ''Knight's Castle'', the children visit a world of toy knights who host a tournament.
* In Creator/LSpragueDeCamp's ''Literature/HaroldShea'' series, when Harold and friends visit the world of ''Literature/TheFaerieQueene'', they arrive just in time for a tournament.
* In the ''{{Belgariad}}'' and ''Malloreon'', the Arendish people, who basically embody a parody of ChivalricRomance, have tourneys regularly for various reasons, including the purposes of TrialByCombat. A few other races have tourneys as well, usually to settle arguments over which warrior is the best with the minimum of bloodshed.
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* Practically a OnceASeason thing on ''{{Series/Merlin}}''. (TV)
[[AC:Other]]
* Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament starts as a friendly contest of skill and jousting prowess between the kingdom's best six knights, but quickly escalates into a tournament filled with battles to the death to determine the kingdom's champion once the story hits full stride.
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* These occurred on a regular basis in Chaosium's ''Pendragon'' game, which makes sense because it's based on the stories of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
* ''DungeonsAndDragons''. Some Dragon magazine articles provided information on tournaments, such as "The Fairest of the Fairs" in Dragon #137 and "Campaign Components: Knights" in Dragon #299.
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->''By a knight of ghosts and shadows\\
I summoned am to tourney,\\
Ten leagues beyond the wide world's end –\\
Methinks it is no journey.
->--'''Tom o'Bedlam's Song'''
When [[KnightInShiningArmor knights]] were bold, they fought not only in battle, but in tourneys. Originally this was a melee -- divided into two sides, the knights proceeded to go at each other with great vigor and frequent deaths. As time went on, the more familiar jousting was added; by the time of the Rennaissance, jousts often dominated, along with other entertainments, especially highly stylized pageantry.
Not unsurprisingly, this often features in fiction with knights from the ChivalricRomance onward. Usually just jousting, and fairly innocuously -- deaths are treated as rare freak accidents. Though the jousting can also contain hidden rivalries, or even be trial by combat. In some cases, [[StandardHeroReward a princess or great lady will marry the victor.]]
The BlackKnight may show up, unidentified. Indeed, some knights have taken advantages of the armor to maintain a SecretIdentity as a menial servant.
It can be distinguished from the GladiatorGames in that tourney are fought in by men of RoyalBlood, or BlueBlood. Without being knighted, a character can't compete. ([[SelfProclaimedKnight At least, if he tells the truth]].) It's very common for it to be part of the celebration after a knighting -- after all the new knight must show what he's made of. It's also very common for a knight to carry TheLadysFavor for it.
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!!Examples
[[AC: Fairy Tales]]
* In '' [[http://www.mythfolklore.net/andrewlang/044.htm The Golden Crab]]'',the king tries to have such a tourney to substitute a bridegroom for the crab his daughter married.
-->''Then the King said to her, 'I will appoint a tournament in your honour, and I will invite all the princes in the world to it, and if any one of them pleases you, you shall marry him.'''
[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* ''AConnecticutYankeeInKingArthursCourt'' (1949). While at a tournament Hank Morgan fights a duel with a knight, defeating him by lassoing him with a rope.
* ''AKnightsTale'' is all about these.
[[AC:Literature]]
* ThomasMalory's ''LeMorteDarthur.'' At one point Lancelot disguised himself by carrying Elaine's favor -- everyone knew he was in love with the queen and wouldn't carry another woman's.
* In THWhite's ''TheOnceAndFutureKing''. Unusually, he actually uses the melee form, and talks of the time that Lancelot and Gareth took the other side from Arthur and Gareth's other brothers.
* In Sir WalterScott's ''QuentinDurward'', in the BackStory, Isabelle's aunt was married off to the victor of a tourney; the king, citing that, decides she shall be married off to whoever brings him the head of de la Marck.
** In ''{{Ivanhoe}}'', Ivanhoe and other knights fight in one.
* In the ChivalricRomance ''Roswall and Lillian'', Roswell magically appears as an armored knight to fight in the tourney for three days, despite working as a menial servant in between.
* In the ChivalricRomance ''Ipomadon'', Ipomadon appears at the tourney in disguise -- pretending to be hunting in the meantime, even though it is for the hand of the princess he loves.
* In ''The Armor of Light'', James's court stages one. Sir Philip Sidney, fighting, is targetted by BlackMagic but still manages to triumph.
* The tourney in the honor of Eddard Stark becoming the Hand of King is a major plot point in book one of ''Literature/ASongOfIceAndFire''.
** Another famous tourney was the Tourney of Harrenhal. Prince Rhaegar won and crowned Lyanna Stark as Queen of Love and Beauty, an event that helped start a rebellion.
* In Victoria Ugryumova's ''Doppelganger for the Jester'', a tourney in the honor of the new empress is marred by an assassination attempt on TheEmperor. Also, by tradition, the winner of the tourney challenges a member of the [[PraetorianGuard Emperor's Guard]] to one-on-one combat--and gets his ass handed back to him, just like every other challenger before him.
* In Spencer's ''Literature/TheFaerieQueene'', the knights regularly have tournaments to honor Queen Gloriana.
* In EdwardEager's ''Knight's Castle'', the children visit a world of toy knights who host a tournament.
* In Creator/LSpragueDeCamp's ''Literature/HaroldShea'' series, when Harold and friends visit the world of ''Literature/TheFaerieQueene'', they arrive just in time for a tournament.
* In the ''{{Belgariad}}'' and ''Malloreon'', the Arendish people, who basically embody a parody of ChivalricRomance, have tourneys regularly for various reasons, including the purposes of TrialByCombat. A few other races have tourneys as well, usually to settle arguments over which warrior is the best with the minimum of bloodshed.
[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* Practically a OnceASeason thing on ''{{Series/Merlin}}''. (TV)
[[AC:Other]]
* Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament starts as a friendly contest of skill and jousting prowess between the kingdom's best six knights, but quickly escalates into a tournament filled with battles to the death to determine the kingdom's champion once the story hits full stride.
[[AC:TabletopRPG]]
* These occurred on a regular basis in Chaosium's ''Pendragon'' game, which makes sense because it's based on the stories of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.
* ''DungeonsAndDragons''. Some Dragon magazine articles provided information on tournaments, such as "The Fairest of the Fairs" in Dragon #137 and "Campaign Components: Knights" in Dragon #299.
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