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The joust became an iconic characteristic of the knight in Romantic medievalism. The term is derived from Old French joster , ultimately from Latin iuxtare "to approach, to meet". The word was loaned into Middle English around 1300, when jousting was a very popular sport among the Anglo-Norman knighthood.
"Joust is usually pronounced as 'jowst' in the United States. But the word derives from Latin and Old French and is more properly pronounced as 'joost.'" I removed this for 4 reasons: It's plopped into the middle of a section about the medieval joust--not a very good place for modern pronunciation discussion.
Jost was born on June 29, 1982, in New York City.He grew up in the Grymes Hill [8] neighborhood of Staten Island. [9] [10] [11] His mother, Kerry J. Kelly, was the chief medical officer for the New York City Fire Department, [12] and his father, Daniel A. Jost, was a teacher at Staten Island Technical High School.
The concept of the military pugil stick bout was adopted by the producers of the American television game show American Gladiators, which used it to create one of the physical events for the series called Joust (no relation to jousting). The object was for competitiors to use the sticks to knock the opponent off a platform.
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For each tournament there are two paintings of jousting on horses and one painting of a foot combat, each against actual, mostly named, aristocrats, office-holders and courtiers of Maximilian's time. Eleven types of horseback joust popular at the time are shown in meticulous detail, as well as a wide variety of weapons used in foot combat.
If you've been having trouble with any of the connections or words in Thursday's puzzle, you're not alone and these hints should definitely help you out. Plus, I'll reveal the answers further down
The Eglinton Tournament of 1839 was a reenactment of a medieval joust and revel held in North Ayrshire, Scotland between 28 and 30 August. It was funded and organized by Archibald, Earl of Eglinton , and took place at Eglinton Castle in Ayrshire .