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When Edward de vere has a jousting match with Philip Sidney, Aug. 1562, (pgs. 108-111) both of them riding horses and dressed in full armor, edward is only 12 and philip isn't yet 8. Was it customery for such young children to joust in Elizabethan England? (Edward de Vere 1550-1604 and Philip Sidney 1554-1586)
Ron Destro Hello and thanks for the question. Actually, Edward won at the jousting tournaments in 1571, 1581 and 1584. His biggest competition against Philip took place in 1581. For the sake of the novel, I adjusted and compressed events to keep it flowing. Just before turning 12, the Queen visited Castle Hedingham, and so all of these true events were combined for the sake of the storytelling. We do not know if any jousting took place at Hedingham, but similar events would have occurred.
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