Imvelaphi yetenisi

Imvelaphi yetenisi inokulandelwa emva eFransi ngenkulungwane ye-12 neye-13, kwaye ngoku inembali yeminyaka engaphezu kwama-800. Ngelo xesha, umdlalo wokubetha ibhola ngentende yesandla wawuthandwa ngabavangeli. Indlela yayikukusebenzisa intende yesandla ukubetha ibhola eyenziwe ngelaphu egqunywe ngeenwele ngentambo phakathi kwabantu ababini kwindawo evulekileyo.
Lo mdlalo wokuzonwabisa wawuthandwa kakhulu ziimonki waza waqalisa ukusasazeka. Kancinci kancinci, lo msebenzi wasasazeka ukusuka kwiimonki ukuya kwiiklasi eziphezulu zoluntu waza waba ngumdlalo wokuzonwabisa kwiindwalutho ngelo xesha. Kancinci kancinci, lo mdlalo wangeniswa kancinci kancinci kwinkundla yaseFransi waza wathandwa lusapho lwasebukhosini baseFransi. Itenisi yaba ngumdlalo wokumkani. Ngexesha lolawulo lukaCharles V, inkundla yokuqala eParis yakhiwa eLouvre; ngexesha lolawulo lukaFrancis (1515-1547), wayalela ukwakhiwa kweenkundla kulo lonke ilizwe waza wavumela abantu abaqhelekileyo ukuba bathathe inxaxheba kwitenisi, waze wakha nenkundla yetenisi yasebukhosini kwinqanawa yakhe yemfazwe; uCharles IX wade wabiza itenisi ngokuthi “yeyona nto izukileyo nexabisekileyo, kwaye yeyona nto inempilo.” Ngoko ke kubonakala ngathi ookumkani baseFransi abalandelelanayo baye banceda ekwenzeni itenisi ithandwe kulo lonke ilizwe.

Phakathi kwinkulungwane ye-14, iBritane neFransi zazisoloko zitshintshiselana. Inkosana yesithsaba yaseFransi yanika uKumkani uHenry V ibhola eyayisetyenziswa kulo mdlalo, ngoko ke lo mdlalo waziswa e-United Kingdom. UKumkani uEdward III waseNgilani wayenomdla kakhulu koku waza wayalela ukuba kwakhiwe inkundla yetenisi yangaphakathi ebhotwe. Ukususela ngoko, ithenisi iqalile ukuphuhliswa eNgilani. Ngexesha lolawulo lukaHenry VII noHenry VIII, malunga ne-1800 yeenkundla zangaphakathi zakhiwe eNgilani. Ngenxa yokuba umphezulu wale bhola wenziwe nge-twill flannel, eyona flannel idumileyo eveliswa kwidolophu yaseTannis eYiputa, amaBritane ayibiza ngokuba yi-“Tennis”