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Whether you have questions about the order process, or just want to geek out about history, we'd love to hear from you. Mistake, mix-up or damaged product? No problem! Just let us know and we'll get everything sorted out ASAP. Menu Search Account. Cart You have no items in your shopping cart. Search: Search. Dressed as a woman, specifically the goddess Venus, Ulrich travels across Italy and the Holy Roman Empire defeating all challengers in jousts and hand-to-hand combat.

In another instance, Jean Froissart , a late 14th-century chronicler who enjoyed the patronage of the queen of England and traveled widely during the Hundred Years War, told of one specific joust held at St. Inglevere near Calais, France. During a lull in the hostilities between the kings of England and France, three French knights proclaimed a tournament and word was spread far and wide.

Excitement particularly built in England, where great numbers of nobles wanted to put these French knights in their place. The tournament lasted 30 days and the three French knights tilted with the dozens of challengers one at a time until each had had his chance. We should note the way that Froissart is very specific with names and their individual achievements, and how Ulrich is clear about his own achievements.

Much like the modern Olympics, the prowess of the individual was of paramount concern for those who watched and those who read about the tournaments.

In addition, both of these examples show how they were not military exercises, but spectacles: competitions and entertainments.

Sports history is history, in that athletic competitions both shape and reflect the times in which they take place. As the nobility began to spend less time on the battlefield after around , they still rode horses and competed in sports, but the tournament died out.

In , they were held in Athens, then Paris in , and St. Louis in , and now they come to Tokyo. Let the games begin, but remember that sports operate as signposts within a broader history, and always have. David M. Perry is a freelance journalist covering politics, history, education, and disability rights.

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