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mêlée
Melee in the historical tournament context means the early mass or group form of medieval tournaments, often described as a mock battle between two mounted groups. Sources place melee within tournament culture alongside or before jousting; modern use is mainly a historical term, reenactment or armoured-combat context, not a single modern sport federation.
Classification
Weitere Angaben
Rules and format
Die Grundlagen
Ziel
Historically, break or push back the opposing group or capture opponents; modern reenactment/sport forms instead use explicit safety and hit rules.
Teilnehmer
Historically groups of mounted or armed fighters; modern formats should be modelled only under reenactment/Buhurt/HEMA-like rule separation.
Teamgröße
Historically groups of mounted or armed fighters; modern formats should be modelled only under reenactment/Buhurt/HEMA-like rule separation.
Spielfeld
Historical tournament field, reenactment field or armoured combat arena with barriers, marshals, medical cover and spectator separation.
Dauer
Duration depends on set, timed, tournament or local rules.
Wertung
Historically not uniform; modern derivatives use hit, ring-out, capture, safety or scenario decisions.
Gewinnbedingung
Use historical objective or modern scenario/point decision only from a concrete source.
Ausrüstung
Historical or modern protective armour, blunted weapons, horses only in mounted contexts, barriers, marshals and medical cover.
Wichtige Regelpunkte
- ball or implement out
- net/zone fault
- wrong contact sequence
- unsafe or local-rule violation
Regelquellen
Federations and sources
- Medieval Tournament World History Encyclopedia · reference · high
- Tournament Britannica · encyclopedia · high
- Britannica Britannica · encyclopedia · high
- Melee Britannica · encyclopedia · high
- Tournament Melee WarHistory.org · reference · medium