The Renaissance was a rebirth of Greek and Roman times. The Renaissance period was mixture of Greek and Roman ideas. The renaissance started in Italy, since it was the center of the Roman Empire. The Renaissance was a time of creativity and change in many different areas. As the Renaissance ideas grew and became popular, it soon spread over most of Europe. The Renaissance started in 1350, and ended in 1650. The topic I chose was sports. Sports in the renaissance were hard and rough, and even deadly in some sports.The ancient Greek Olympic Games created wrestling. Wrestling made it's Olympic start in the Games of 708 B.C. It was a much more violent, punishing sport in the early days, when ...view middle of the document...
Some tournaments started peacefully but often turned into bloody battles between rivals. Winning a tournament was a way for a lowborn knight to become popular and win riches.The sport that was most popular among the middle class people was football and hurling. Football, in the renaissance, was played on a rectangular field, between two teams who defended the lines that marked the ends of the field. The object of the game was to throw the ball from player to player, moving forward, and eventually to throw it beyond the opponents goal-line. The defending side was allowed to tackle and kick. Football in the renaissance was much rougher in the renaissance period then it is today, with all sorts of injuries, anywhere from minor to fatal. Also football back then was very hectic. There were no limits to the number of players on the field. And also there were no lines on the field. Keep in mind they didn't have any equipment in renaissance football. Football was called "a friendly game of fight."Hurling, which had two different versions, was as dangerous as football. The first form was played with a box ball. There were fifteen to thirty players per side, and the object of the game was to pick up the ball and run it through to the goal, passing the b...
