[MR] Medieval Football

[lordgaelan at aol.com]

And just for all those people thinking this is American football, think again.? This is what we Americans commonly refer to as soccer.

Gaelan macCuinnaga'in

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Subject: Re: [MR] Medieval Football



One point I would make is that the term football definately pre-dates 
William Midleton in the 15th century.
As an archer from 1360, I noted it specifically due to the fact that the sport 
and similar "idle games" are outlawed by Edward III in favor of and to promote 
archery.
The words "fote ball" and "pelotes de pee{pied}" appear in writings in the 
1300's, well before the 15th. Maybe she's refering specifically to the Welsh 
using the term, though.
There's many more references to football notated in wikipedia under "medieval 
football". I especially like the references where people are stabbed to death 
accidentally by the knives of other players. (Evidently, people occasionally 
still wore daggers and knives on their belts while playing the aggressive 
contact sport).
-Cian of Storvik

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