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Tournaments

Scope note

Use generally for competitions in games, sports, and combat in which many contestants compete for championship in a series of elimination contests. Use specifically for contests of mock combat engaged in by two groups of combatants, either mounted on horseback or on foot. They were traditional events among European aristocracy from Medieval times into the 17th century.

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

300069188

Broader Terms used

contests

Term used for

tourneys

Equivalent Terms used

tournament

Created

13yrs ago

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