Book on the Form and the Devising of a Tournament

The most famous treatise on the tournament , written by René d’Anjou in the 15th century. The work describes what René conceived of as his ‘ideal’ tournament, though he intersperses his description of such a tournament with observations on arms & armour and the tournament customs of various countries of Europe. The original was done in French, reprinted in this century by B. Hersher, Paris, and translated into English by Dr. Elizabeth Bennett.