Rules talk about 4 tournament styles : Old, Full, Classic, and Elegant.
But what's the differences between this styles ? And the periods and places for each one ?

Rules talk about 4 tournament styles : Old, Full, Classic, and Elegant.
But what's the differences between this styles ? And the periods and places for each one ?


This is quickly off the top of my head:

Old: mostly just the Melee, less structure and rules, common before Arthur & Chivalry
Full: the version described in the rulebook, with Joust, Challenges and Melee. Wedding Tournament in 514 is a good start, IMHO, and becoming more common after Badon.
Classic: I'd say post-530 or even post-540, the pageant is added
Elegant: Post-555 or so, melee is dropped, jousting becomes even more formalized, most attention is on display and pageantry and mock fighting, 're-enactments' or just for show like ladies versus knights, armed with flowers.

I wouldn't worry about so much about the places and periods, as they overlap. Camelot is at the forefront of change, and courts further away and/or hostile to Arthur lag behind, mumbling about the 'effeminate, new-fangled tournament ideas'.

Don't you also get 'Blood' tournaments after 'Elegant'? Part of Mordred's faction trying to dial back the 'decadence' of Arthurian high chivalry and get something a bit more brutal back into fashion...

Regards
Luke

Yes, you do. Concurrently with Elegant, I seem to recall. With sharp weapons and people dying.