tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post3766173706792135555..comments2024-03-14T05:56:44.390+00:00Comments on Edward II: Hugh Despenser the Younger Goes Jousting Without Permission, 1310Kathryn Warnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-37209042586374305532019-03-12T07:20:16.058+00:002019-03-12T07:20:16.058+00:00He banned tournaments because large groups of arme...He banned tournaments because large groups of armed men assembled together could be dangerous. A few months before, some of the earls had used a tournament in Dunstable as a cover to discuss their grievances against him. In 1312, Thomas of Lancaster used tournaments as a cover to move armed men north to capture Gaveston. Edward II was far from the only king who banned them - plenty of other medieval kings did too at times of political weakness.Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-61369749356864629522019-03-12T04:35:46.397+00:002019-03-12T04:35:46.397+00:00Perhaps Hugh was able to capitalize on the fact th...Perhaps Hugh was able to capitalize on the fact that later on Edward II had very few friends he felt he could trust and Hugh jr had been around so long. An old friend sort of. But back to this jousting.<br /><br />Why Edward wanted to deny the sports from the English knights? He did not like the whole tournament thing at all personally but among other young nobles it was the top sport their times. Like MMA and Formula 1 wrapped into one. So was Edward trying to convey the idea that "Listen guys, fishing and thatching are sooo much more fun than this stupidity" or what? On the long run it made no difference. Jousting was popular among the knights all the way up to Henry VIII.<br /><br />Edwards own son was almost crazy about the sports and participated in many events and organized some spectacular tournaments. He seemed to enjoy so called Melée which was practically a gang fight between fully armored men banging each other with dull weapons. This was later prohibited because it was really dangerous. As if jousting was not.sami parkkonennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-23001165395563494262019-03-10T16:29:12.802+00:002019-03-10T16:29:12.802+00:00It's a fascinating 'what might have happen...It's a fascinating 'what might have happened' if Edward II hadn't become infatuated with the astonishingly greedy and ruthless Hugh, of all people.Kathryn Warnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00397714441908100576noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19545049.post-58646742657713421292019-03-10T16:25:36.761+00:002019-03-10T16:25:36.761+00:00"...before Hugh became royal chamberlain in 1..."...before Hugh became royal chamberlain in 1318 and worked his way into the king's favour, Edward II couldn't possibly have been less interested in him, and even if he didn't necessarily hate Hugh, he was indifferent towards him and did not trust him in the slightest."<br /><br />Ah, if he had only maintained that attitude...Undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16214242522330278662noreply@blogger.com