A historical study tracing the origins of ball games from ancient rituals to modern sports.
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A historical study tracing the origins of ball games from ancient rituals to modern sports.
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Centuries later, pagan fertility rites featuring the ball were adapted by the Christian church as rituals symbolic of Easter and the Resurrection. Court tennis was also firmly rooted in the church, the earliest players being the bishops, canons, and clerics who played it in their cloistered courtyards. Henderson overturns the popular belief that the game of racquets originated in the debtors' prison on Fleet Street in the early nineteenth century.
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Violence & gore
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Brief mentions of mock combats and historical violence in games.
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Substance use
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LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Religious content
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Central focus on religious origins of ball games, including Christian and pagan rituals.
Witchcraft / occult
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Minor references to ancient fertility rites with ritualistic elements.
Political content
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Self-harm / suicide
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Sexual assault
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