In the spring of 1390, three French knights staged one of the most famous tournaments of the Middle Ages: the Joust at St. Inglevert. Over the course of a month, they challenged all comers in a display of martial skill, chivalric ideals, and international pageantry. This episode explores the pillars of chivalry, the art of jousting, and how circle-jerk knights are. Join us as we unpack the sheer intensity of one of the grandest jousts in medieval history and rank it on our quest to find the wildest story in the world of sport.

Sources:

https://chaucer.fas.harvard.edu/pages/jousts-st-ingelvere

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03044181.2024.2378125

https://www.tfp.org/the-ten-commandments-of-chivalry/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG1r5yTFdXI

https://blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanuscripts/2020/05/its-tournament-season.html?utm

Presenters:

James Whybrow

Ben Whybrow

Carlin Sheaves

Music and Cover Art:

Zoe Behrendt