Basque pelota

By FAMD
  • 600 BCE

    Romans, middle east and Greeks

    On all continents
    Somthing mobile round with leather threads and rags or filled with cereal grains
    Nobles played it or wacht it
  • 1100

    Middle age

    Started to expand
    Nobles and kings had 'trinquetes' to play
  • 1300

    S.XIII

    North of the peninsula
    Similar to palm game
    'Paume' because they used their hands
  • Romanization

    It was implant in Europe
    First it was in france in meadows or towns
    With gloves and rackets
    Started the glove in the hand
  • French revolution

    Famous in France italy and England
    Refined customs are preferred, with that the interest in the game was lost
    In Basque country it was a way of life
  • S.XIX

    They introduce more representative modalities:
    Hand
    Shovel
    Lift and baske-tip
    Taking it to the world America was an important country in this game and it had consequences in history
  • S.XX

    Professionalism
    Expanded from USA to Shanghai, Egipt and other countries
    Girls played more than before
    World Championships where in San Sebastian, in 1952 for amateurs