Table of Contents

1. War, Peace, and Jousting, 1389-90


The Joust at St. Denis, May 1389


The Joust Accompanying Queen Isabella's Entry into Paris, August 1389


The Joust at St. Inglevert, March-April 1390


The Joust at Smithfi eld near London, October 1390


Some Notes on the Translations


2. The Joust at St. Denis, May 1389


Deschamps' Poetic Invitation


The Monk of St. Denis' Account of the St. Denis Joust


3. The Joust Accompanying Queen Isabella's Entry into Paris, August 1389


Deschamps' Poetic Invitation


Froissart's Account of the Jousts at Paris


4. The Joust at St. Inglevert, March-April 1390


Froissart on the Preparations for the Joust


Chronographia Regum Francorum on St. Inglevert


An Anonymous Poem on St. Inglevert


Monk of St. Denis on St. Inglevert


Froissart on the Jousting at St. Inglever


Book of the Deeds of Boucicaut on St. Inglevert (Anonymous)


5. The Joust at Smithfi eld near London, October 1390


The Cry (Announcement)


Froissart's Account of the Joust


Appendix - Summarizing Froissart's Account of the St. Inglevert Jousting


Bibliography


Texts and Translations


Secondary Works

About the Author

Steven Muhlberger is professor of history at Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario. His research has focused on chivalric culture, specifically the investigation of formal combats (duels, tournaments and jousts) in the later Middle Ages, particularly those of the Hundred Years War.

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