APA 2302 Lecture Notes - Lecture 12: Ten-Pin Bowling, Middle Ages, Jousting

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Human Kinetics
• Course: APA 2302
• Professor: N/ A

Document Summary

Apa2302 middle age games the people of the middle ages enjoyed many holidays. Besides sundays, about 8 weeks in every year were free from work. Holiday = old english: halig daeg, found later in middle english, holy day meaning 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 and military sports in the middle ages were therefore designed to: provide weapon practice increase a man"s fitness abilities and stamina. Ball games flourished in medieval europe, by the 12th century peasants enjoyed playing handball, football and stick and ball games. No written rules, games evolved differently from one location to another. Gameball simple football game skittles ancestor of modern 10 pin bowling. Archery lower class men were required to practice archery every sunday by law the first medieval archery law was passed in 1252.