William Marshal: Tourney
Uncategorized | November 9, 2018An illustration of William Marshal, known to history as the greatest knight. who rose from humble origins to become one of England’s greatest magnates. during his early career he distinguished himself in the tournaments of the mid to late 12th century. unlike the more gentile jousts of the later medieval period, these where essentially live fire war games where the name of the game was to capture opposing knights. This shows one of Marshal’s favorite tactics, where he would ride up and snatch the bridle of an opposing horse and drag them back behind his lines where he would force an oath that they would pay a ransom and only after they had would he release them.
