King René's Tournament Book
Auteur : René I (King of Naples and Jerusalem)
Date de publication : 1997
Éditeur : Princeton University
Nombre de pages : Non disponible
Résumé du livre
This web site presents a modern English translation of a medieval French book on how to hold a tournament. The text, known as the traictié de la forme et devis d'ung tournoy, was written circa 1460 by René of Anjou, King of Jerusalem and Sicily. The tournament book describes a style of tournament which René says he has adapted from the ancient customs of France and other countries. Although René describes this tournament in vivid detail, we do not know if such a tournament was ever held in the fifteenth century.