Jousts and Tournaments

It is most likely that the same weapons carried in war were also used in earlier jousting tournaments

Safety concerns help jumpstart the evolution of the equipment and devices used to favor the health and survival of the participating knights . Thus , the unreliable padded armor and the crude chain mail gave way to a more sturdy and reliable iron plates (see Gravett , 1998 ,

br 58 . The head gear - also known as the basinet - evolved from a simple skull cap into an elaborate helmet with movable facepiece or visor (Tunis , 1999 ,

. 66 . For

jousting the knights use jousting helms for safety purposes

Lances were used alright but instead of making it more dangerous later improvements made it more blunt . The much improved device is now called .coronel-tipped lances designed to catch but not pierce their opponents shields (Newman , 2001 ,

. 177 . The horse have protection too from savage blows . The animals are fitted with , .chanfrons on their heads and peytrals over their chests and front legs (Newman 2001 ,

. 177 . But the equipment can only protect the riders up to a certain extent . For the sake of safety the game need to be regulated by the authorities

Safety

There are two major factors that changed the tone of the game making it safer for the participants to engage head-on . The first one involves the revolution in equipment design . The second one requires the participation of kings and popes . With regards to the influence of kings Clephan remarked , Tournaments generally tended to become milder as rules , regulations and limitations were enacted for their government (1995 ,

. 11 . With regards to the role of popes , the Holy See tried to ban the events if not force the rulers to make it less dangerous (see Taylor , 2003 ,

. 70 . As a...