LeChatVert t1_iuhgd6g wrote on October 31, 2022 at 11:13 AM Reply to comment by swistak84 in ELI5 How did knights participate in tournaments like jousting without killing themselves? by QuantumHamster Your first statement was too broad to be accurate. I tend to agree with the "impractical", yet it was specialized apparatus. As for the wiki quote, it doesn't prove the "set of stairs" and is only for a specific rĂ©gion and time. Permalink Parent −19−
LeChatVert t1_iuh6so1 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 9:00 AM Reply to comment by swistak84 in ELI5 How did knights participate in tournaments like jousting without killing themselves? by QuantumHamster That's a 19th century myth Permalink Parent 0
LeChatVert t1_iuhgd6g wrote
Reply to comment by swistak84 in ELI5 How did knights participate in tournaments like jousting without killing themselves? by QuantumHamster
Your first statement was too broad to be accurate. I tend to agree with the "impractical", yet it was specialized apparatus. As for the wiki quote, it doesn't prove the "set of stairs" and is only for a specific région and time.