Jouster dies after being speared through eye


	Jouster dies after being speared through eye

CrazyRedHead

10-23-2007 6:45 AM

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10-23-2007 9:47 AM

vk2yoc

"1559: King Henry II of France was killed during a stunt knight's jousting match, when his helmet's soft golden grille gave way to a broken lancetip which pierced his eye and entered his brain."
From, en.wikipedia.org

10-23-2007 9:50 AM

swampfoxz

Good thing they were not re-enacting Hiroshima.

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A professional jouster 
died after a lance splintered 
in his eye in a freak accident 
during a re-enactment for 
Channel 4's Time Team. 
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in a mock joust for the popular 
archaeology series when a 
fragment from a balsa wood lance 
entered the eye-slit of his helmet 
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which specialises in recreating the 
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