In this video Kevin Hicks takes a brief look at the history of jousting, why knights jousted and also explores some of the bone-crushing injuries from medieval and Tudor tournaments that left knights maimed, crippled and in some cases dead.

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Rennzeug - Jousting Armour (1471-1499) © Royal Armouries, Leeds