Medieval Games and Recreation

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Medieval Games and Recreation

• By
• Nick S.
• Dylan T.
• Core 4
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Board Games

• In Medieval times people would play simple, yet
  challenging games to relax.
• Some games were Chess, Checkers, Dice, and
  Backgammon.

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Childs Play

• Kids have always played outside. They would play
  games that involved running around and jumping
  and just what kids do.
• Some games they would play were Prisoners Base,
  Blind Mans Bluff, Wrestling, and just running
  around!

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A young girl
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Sports

• People play sports for fun, money, and just
  something to do.
• Some sports that they played were foot races,
  gymnastics, swimming, fighting, and a game that
  was a mix between tennis and handball,
  Cockfighting, Bull baiting and Archery.

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Harvest Time

• Around the Harvest times there would be carnivals
  and festivals held.
• Some things they would do is bob for apples, hunt
  in the surrounding forest (if it was okay with
  the castle lord). Hawks were trained to hunt game
  birds and every medieval castle had a falconer,
  assigned to train young birds for this sport.

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Falconer

• A Falconer is someone who hunts with Falcons or
  trains Falcons for hunting.

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Holiday Games

• Almost everybody does something special during
  the holidays, especially Christmas.
• Medieval Christmas games included "King of the
  Bean," where a small bean would be baked inside
  bread or cake, and the one who found it in their
  portion would be crowned king of the holiday
  feast.

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Many other Games!

• Sports- Bocce, Bowling, Curling, Pall-Mall.
• Board Games- Alquerque, Fieges, Fox Geese, Game
  of the Goose, Merels, Nyout, Parcheesi, Senet,
  Tablut, Wari.
• Card games- All fours, Alouette, As Nas, Basset,
  Karnoffel, Tarok.

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Archery

• Archery has been around for a long time. In
  Medieval Times they would have tournaments. Today
  archery is mainly for fun and hunting. Other
  games have evolved from it.

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Chess Board

• Chess is one of the most popular Board Games
  ever created.

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Question 1

• What kind of games did children play?

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Answer 1

• Prisoners Base, Blind Mans Bluff, wrestling and
  running around.

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Question 2

• Why do people play sports?

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Answer 2

• People played sports for money, fun, and just
  something to do.

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Question 3

• What were some things they did around Harvest
  time?

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Answer 3

• People would go to festivals and bob for apples
  and hunting.

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Question 4

• What were some Board games they played?

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Answer 4

• People would play Chess, checkers, dice, and
  backgammon

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Question 5

• What is one of the most popular Board Games ever
  created?

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Answer 5

• Chess

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WebPages

• http//www.medieval-life.net/games.htm
• http//www.modaruniversity.org/Games.htm
• http//historymedren.about.com/od/medievalchildren
  /a/child_play.htm

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