APA 2302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Jousting, Latin Literature, Ten-Pin Bowling
9 Dec 2017
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Week 5 - sport in the middle ages, renaissance, Sport during the middle ages (500 ad 1400s) Folk games played by peasants (poor farmer of low social class that only owned a small piece of land for cultivation) Tournaments played by elite for purposes of military readiness. Games lacked specialization and formal organization but local standards very important. The people of the middle ages enjoyed many holidays besides sunday, about eight weeks in every year were free from work. Holiday meant both a religious festival and a day of recreation. Middle ages feudalism was based on the exchange of land for military service. Lords were expected to provide trained soldiers to fight for the king. Sports in the middle ages were therefore designed to: provide weapon practice. Ball games flourished in medieval europe: by the 12th century, peasants enjoyed playing handball, football, and stick and ball games. No written rules; game evolved differently from one location to another.
