The origins of the medieval tournament are unknown, but it probably started as a practice for the cavalry. In the late Roman period [400s], there was a large number of cavalry that needed training, but if it became a festival at that time we do not know. The Franks were brilliant at cavalry and certainly had horse-related games, but if those games were related to military training is again not known. The first person to make rules for a tournament was Geoffroi de Preulli who weirdly died in a tournament in 1066. When do you think tournaments started?
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You are asking: when do you think tournaments started? Isn’t competition as old as mankind? So tournaments as well?
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what I’m trying to say is that I’m talking specifically about military knight tournaments and its origins, but competition is as old as man
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