Hastilude
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Hastilude is a generic term used in the Middle Ages to refer to many kinds of martial games. The word comes from the Latin hastiludium, literally "lance game". By the 14th century, the term usually ex
A knight receiving a lady's favour at a hastilude. From Codex Manesse.
Quintain at the Golden Gate Renaissance Festival 2005
Codex Manesse
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The Codex Manesse is a Liederhandschrift which is the single most comprehensive source of Middle High German Minnesang poetry. It was written and illustrated between c. 1304 when the main part was com
Hastilude
…A knight receiving a lady's favour at a hastilude. From Codex Manesse. Hastilude is a generic term used in the Middle Ages to refer to many kinds of martial games. The word comes from the Latin hastiludium, literally…
Folio 371r, Johannes Hadlaub
Folio 127r: Works of Walther von der Vogelweide
Folio 124r: Walther von der Vogelweide
King Conrad the Young