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Originally Posted by Inglewood Jack
For a bunch of knights with no real battle experience, they sure seemed comfortable chopping each other’s faces to bits. The crowd seemed to be similarly nonchalant towards it too, and I presume a lot of them were friends and family.
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I found this really bizarre. Most of the knights were prominent members of very powerful families. Presumably if you hack up some very important prince it's going to create all sorts of grudges and problems.
My understanding was that the tournaments were always about sport, but due to their nature, lots of "accidents" occurred and people were maimed or killed. These scenes were just bizarre.