CONFLICTUS GALLICUS

Lit. 'the Gallic (French) way of fighting or combat'. The "tournament first emerged in what today we call France. The term was used by chroniclers such as Ralph Diceto and Roger of Wendover, while Ralph of Coggeshall used the phrase moreFrancorum (in the way of the French). From c.1130 France was the place to go for a young man keen to make a name and money for himself. Indeed, there was almost a professional circuit on which it was possible to make a fortune, and many Englishmen travelled across the Channel for just that reason. -

Cf. Hastilude; Tournaments