Jousting was transformed into a specialized sport.
It transformed into a specialised sport during the Late Middle Ages , and remained popular with the nobility in England and Wales and Germany throughout the whole of the 16th century -LRB- while in France , it was discontinued after the death of King Henry II in an accident in 1559 -RRB- .	Late Middle Ages	Late Middle Ages	nobility	nobility	England and Wales	Tudor period	Germany	16th-century Germany	King Henry II	Henry II of France
