Knighthood, Chivalry & Tournament
Glossary of Terms
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The glossary is meant as a growing resource for students, re-enactors, and anyone interested in knighthood, chivalry, or the medieval tournament. The current page is but a brief listing of what we would like to have on the page; if you would be interested in helping with a given area, such as in heraldry, transcribing tournament accounts, translations, or research, drop the author an email at brion@chronique.com. Additionally, we would like to expand many of the definitions here; if you want to try one or more of them send your submissions to the email address above--we can use the help!
Yard: As a measure for cloth, generally 4/5 of an ‘ell’ or 36-37".
Ysolde: See Tristan & Iseult or Iseult.
Yvain: The Chrčtien de Troyes romance written about 1170, containing the earliest literary example of a tournament.
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