The jousting shield could be laced to the breastplate and a large gauntlet called the manifer protected the left hand. From the 15th century onwards, jousting armor became thicker and heavier and ...

For reasons of authenticity, it's men only - women never did joust - and they are looking for those between 5ft 6in and 6ft and weighing no more than 13 stone. In the late 15th century ...

A new addition for Joust in 2004 is the Mediaeval World Zone which each year will feature exhibitions and demonstrations from a different part of the World as they were in the 15th century.

A council worker who is a champion jouster on her days off is set to scale a 3,000ft mountain dressed in her full replica 15th century armour ... who has been jousting professionally for three ...