Medieval History
Television shows will do almost anything to generate publicity, but it would not be correct to say that the people at the History channel locked me in this suffocating metal container until I agreed to write something about their new series. I actually asked them to lock me in here.
That was about 10 minutes ago. Seemed like a good idea at the time. Now, though, I?m thinking better of it. When I can think at all. Which I can do only intermittently on account of the oxygen deprivation.
The series ?Full Metal Jousting? has its premiere Sunday night, and it features the real thing, not the fake theatrical jousting you see at Renaissance fairs. Guys on horseback charge at each other with 11-foot wooden lances. They?re wearing armor. Which is how I came to be sealed up in this sartorial sardine can.
We?re in a press room at Madison Square Garden, where Shane Adams, the show?s genial ringmaster and a champion jouster himself, has arranged to put on a demonstration at halftime during a bull-riding event. And while waiting his turn in front of the Garden crowd, he has agreed to let me try on a suit of the armor being used in the show.
Click here to read this article from the New York Times
- Review Of Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament
It was with some trepidation that we went to take in a show that featured men dressed as knights jousting with each other. After all, we?re supposed to be serious medievalists, and Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament isn?t exactly an academic conference....
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The History Channel in the US and History Television in Canada have announced they will be airing a scripted drama series, Vikings. The series will chronicle the extraordinary and ferocious world of the mighty Norsemen who raided, traded and explored...
- Jouster Killed After Splinter Pierces Eyeball In Medieval Re-enactment
A professional jouster was killed in a freak accident when a splinter pierced his eyeball during a medieval re-enactment for Channel Four?s Time Team, an inquest heard today. Tragic Paul Allen, 54, died when the shard from his wooden lance flew through...
- Chivalry Isn't Dead At World Joust Event
Ever since Lance Armstrong watched a dodgeball tournament on ESPN the Ocho, niche sports enthusiasts claim everything this side of cup stacking deserves a programming slot. And we've seen all kinds of variants invited onto the stage including roque,...
- Is Jousting The Next Extreme Sport?
The gates of the Gulf Coast International Jousting Championships opened at 6 p.m. one Friday in January at a 4,500-seat arena 13 miles outside Pensacola, Florida. Some of the spectators were dressed in leather doublets and velvet gowns; some wore jeans...
Medieval History
Try Medieval Hot Pants? Surely, You Joust
That was about 10 minutes ago. Seemed like a good idea at the time. Now, though, I?m thinking better of it. When I can think at all. Which I can do only intermittently on account of the oxygen deprivation.
The series ?Full Metal Jousting? has its premiere Sunday night, and it features the real thing, not the fake theatrical jousting you see at Renaissance fairs. Guys on horseback charge at each other with 11-foot wooden lances. They?re wearing armor. Which is how I came to be sealed up in this sartorial sardine can.
We?re in a press room at Madison Square Garden, where Shane Adams, the show?s genial ringmaster and a champion jouster himself, has arranged to put on a demonstration at halftime during a bull-riding event. And while waiting his turn in front of the Garden crowd, he has agreed to let me try on a suit of the armor being used in the show.
Click here to read this article from the New York Times
- Review Of Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament
It was with some trepidation that we went to take in a show that featured men dressed as knights jousting with each other. After all, we?re supposed to be serious medievalists, and Medieval Times Dinner and Tournament isn?t exactly an academic conference....
- New Tv Drama ? ?vikings? ? To Be Filmed In Ireland And Northern Europe
The History Channel in the US and History Television in Canada have announced they will be airing a scripted drama series, Vikings. The series will chronicle the extraordinary and ferocious world of the mighty Norsemen who raided, traded and explored...
- Jouster Killed After Splinter Pierces Eyeball In Medieval Re-enactment
A professional jouster was killed in a freak accident when a splinter pierced his eyeball during a medieval re-enactment for Channel Four?s Time Team, an inquest heard today. Tragic Paul Allen, 54, died when the shard from his wooden lance flew through...
- Chivalry Isn't Dead At World Joust Event
Ever since Lance Armstrong watched a dodgeball tournament on ESPN the Ocho, niche sports enthusiasts claim everything this side of cup stacking deserves a programming slot. And we've seen all kinds of variants invited onto the stage including roque,...
- Is Jousting The Next Extreme Sport?
The gates of the Gulf Coast International Jousting Championships opened at 6 p.m. one Friday in January at a 4,500-seat arena 13 miles outside Pensacola, Florida. Some of the spectators were dressed in leather doublets and velvet gowns; some wore jeans...