Medieval and Renaissance Sport

• “decline” of civiliz during M-Ages

• Warring elite, poverty of masses

• Feudal system

• Asceticism of Xtian church

• Chivalry w tournaments & jousts as lavish displays of medieval pageantry

• Renaiss or re-birth of Civiliz around 14th C w ‘scientific’ discoveries – golf, tennis, archery, animal-baiting but no organization

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