Three-day’s tournament

A romantic literary device where the knightly champion could appear at a tournament for three successive days in different colored armour , all incognito, winning renown by his deeds of prowess rather than through his already established reputation. Such literary usages gave rise to similar formats in the medieval tournament as a festival, where different forms of combat were done on different days. See especially King René’s style of tournament . Such ‘three day’s tournaments’ were found in Cliges, Richard Coeur de Lion, and Sir Gowther.&nbsp