Two bare-headed knights in armor on horseback fighting a duel with swords in a tourney.
Two knights in armor on horseback fighting a duel with swords in a tourney. Both knights fight with sword and shield but wear no helmets, the most dangerous combat in a tournament. Handcolored copperplate engraving from Robert von Spalart's "Historical Picture of the Costumes of the Principal People of Antiquity and of the Middle Ages" (1796)
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