article_snippet: Jousting involved two or more knights on horseback fighting with lances and was used in medieval times to practice battle skills and settle disputes.
article_snippet: – the late medieval period.
article_snippet: Jousting began with the emergence of the knights as warriors in the 10th century.
article_snippet: Tournaments were organised as a way for Tournaments to practice Tournaments horsemanship and lance skills.
article_snippet: A Frenchman called Godfrey de Preuilly is said to have arranged the first tournament in 1066,LordsandLadies.org reported.
article_snippet: After the Normans conquered the English at the Battle of Hastings, the Normans divided up land among the Normans and set up the medieval feudal system, in which everyone owed allegiance to the King and also the nobles.
article_snippet: Nobles provided trained knights to fight for the king and tournaments were devised so Nobles could practice Nobles skills in vicious mock battles.
article_snippet: These took the form of a line of knights facing each other on horseback in full armour, who began the 'lance charge'.
article_snippet: But Henry II son, Richard I, relaxed the rules and granted licenses to hold jousting tournaments.
article_snippet: jousting tournaments saw large numbers of knights fighting as individuals or teams, on horse and foot.
article_snippet: In Tudor times, jousting was merged with magnificent pageants and state occasions, such as for the marriage of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn, and the marriage of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn were still popular during Elizabeth
highlights_snippet: It's thought to date to the early medieval period, from 1100 and 1300 .
  