<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" > <channel> <title>Henry VIII’s tennis courts – On the Tudor Trail</title> <atom:link href="https://onthetudortrail.com/Blog/tag/henry-viiis-tennis-courts/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" /> <link>https://onthetudortrail.com/Blog</link> <description>Retracing the steps of Anne Boleyn</description> <lastBuildDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:16:54 +0000</lastBuildDate> <language>en-US</language> <sy:updatePeriod> hourly </sy:updatePeriod> <sy:updateFrequency> 1 </sy:updateFrequency> <generator>https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1</generator> <item> <title>Anyone for real tennis?</title> <link>https://onthetudortrail.com/Blog/2011/09/28/anyone-for-real-tennis/</link> <dc:creator><![CDATA[Natalie]]></dc:creator> <pubDate>Wed, 28 Sep 2011 04:16:54 +0000</pubDate> <category><![CDATA[Life in Tudor England]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Castiglione in his Book of the Courtier]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Henry VIII and real tennis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Henry VIII's tennis courts]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Real Tennis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[sixteenth century tennis]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tennis courts Hampton Court Palace]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tennis in Tudor times]]></category> <category><![CDATA[The Royal Tennis Court]]></category> <category><![CDATA[Tudor sport]]></category> <guid isPermaLink="false">http://onthetudortrail.com/Blog/?p=3768</guid> <description><![CDATA[Tennis in Tudor Times Until the fifteenth century, people exercised in order to be ready for war (Thurley, Pg. 179). In the fifteenth-century in Italy there was a revival of interest in physical fitness and in 1527, Castiglione in his Book of the Courtier (1527) was one of the first to highlight some other benefits of […]]]></description> <content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>Tennis in Tudor Times</h3> <p><a href="http://onthetudortrail.com/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Book_of_the_Courtier-small.png"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="alignright" title="Book_of_the_Courtier-small" src="http://onthetudortrail.com/Blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/Book_of_the_Courtier-small-206x300.png" alt="" width="206" height="300" /></a></p> <p>Until the fifteenth century, people exercised in order to be ready for war (Thurley, Pg. 179).</p> <p>In the fifteenth-century in Italy there was a revival of interest in physical fitness and in 1527, Castiglione in his <em>Book of the Courtier</em> (1527) was one of the first to highlight some other benefits of exercise.</p> <p>“Turning away from the medieval idea of ‘sport’ for war’s sake, he advocated it in terms of social benefit, to be played in a gentlemanly manner as one of the accomplishments of a courtier.” (Thurley, Pg. 179)</p> <p>Continue reading <a href="http://onthetudortrail.com/Blog/resources/life-in-tudor-england/tennis-in-tudor-times/">here</a>.<br /> </p> <p><a class="a2a_dd addtoany_share_save addtoany_share" href="https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=https%3A%2F%2Fonthetudortrail.com%2FBlog%2F2011%2F09%2F28%2Fanyone-for-real-tennis%2F&title=Anyone%20for%20real%20tennis%3F" data-a2a-url="https://onthetudortrail.com/Blog/2011/09/28/anyone-for-real-tennis/" data-a2a-title="Anyone for real tennis?"><img src="https://static.addtoany.com/buttons/share_save_120_16.png" alt="Share"></a></p>]]></content:encoded> </item> </channel> </rss>