Tournaments & Rebellion in Historical Fiction
Gone Medieval
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The Politics of Being a Knight
Being a knight was an expensive business. You needed money and you needed support. So going on the tournament circuit, if you were a younger son, for example, so you weren't going to inherit the family land. If you weren't already a household knight who had a kind of family connection with somebody else, you could join yourself with one of these touring companies of knights. The story of William Marshall, he entirely prospers on the tournamentCircuit. He manages to win virtually everything he gets just by showing prowess and courage in these tournament melee situations. And then later on leads him on to a political career.
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