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by Medievalists.net November 13, 2008

Sports of the Byzantine Empire

Sports of the Byzantine Empire By Barbara Schrodt Journal of Sport History, Vol.8:3 (1981) Introduction: From the fourth century A.D. until the fall of Constantinople…

by Medievalists.net November 13, 2008

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Sports and Recreations in Thirteenth-Century England: The evidence of the Eyre and Coroners’ Rolls

This article presents what has been gleaned about sports, pastimes, and recreations of thirteenth-century people from a representative sample of the public records of medieval England.

by Medievalists.net November 13, 2008

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Sport and Social Hierarchy in Medieval England

This paper will analyze military sports, hunting sports, and ball play within one society, England, from 1100-1500.

by Medievalists.net November 13, 2008

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The Medieval Tournament: A Functional Sport of the Upper Class

Sport has often both mirrored and conditioned many aspects of particular social classes; change in one has often effected change in the other. The tournament and the medieval upper class appear to have been related in this way.