This entertaining and educational coloring book invites you to re-create
the colorful pageantry, excitement, and spirited action of medieval
jousts and tournaments. Artist John Green has captured many thrilling
moments of these demanding and often dangerous contests in realistic,
ready-to-color illustrations.
Over 40 detailed drawings, with accompanying captions, depict everything
from the preparation of tournament horses to the mêlée, a mock battle
in which two teams of horsemen met on an open field. Also portrayed are
a knight challenging an opponent, a dying knight receiving last rites
from a priest, a lavish tournament banquet, ladies of the court choosing
a knight-of-honor, Henry VIII meeting Francis I of France (1520) on the
Field of the Cloth of Gold, and many more exciting moments.
This treasury of well-researched drawings will appeal to coloring book
fans of all ages as well as anyone interested in knights, weapons and
armor, and other aspects of medieval life.