And fair enough. The fans certainly didn't seem to see this as unusual. Though the one that might make people upset was the deliberate attack on a horse. You can probably kill a man no problem, but a horse is a valuable asset, and probably not seen as being properly British to attack a horse.
I would assume that these tournaments were no different then the Roman games, in that you placate the population with loud and bloody and deadly combat.
Plus it was probably seen as better to have a one on one war between families in the tournament then a destructive war outside of the tournament.
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