Imvelaphi yentenetya

Imvelaphi yentenetya inokulandelwa emva kweFransi ngekhulu le-12 kunye ne-13, kwaye ngoku inembali engaphezu kweminyaka engama-800. Ngelo xesha, umdlalo wokubetha ibhola ngentende yesandla wawuthandwa ngabathunywa bevangeli. Indlela yayikukusebenzisa intende yesandla ukubetha ibhola eyenziwe ngelaphu elisongelwe ngoboya ngentambo phakathi kwabantu ababini kwindawo evulekileyo.
Lo mdlalo wokuzonwabisa wawuthandwa kakhulu phakathi kweemonki kwaye waqala ukusasazeka. Ngokuthe ngcembe, lo msebenzi wanwenwela ukusuka kwizindlu zoonongendi ukuya kudidi oluphezulu loluntu waza waba ngumdlalo wokuzonwabisa wabanumzana ngelo xesha. Kancinci, lo mdlalo wangeniswa ngokuthe ngcembe kwinkundla yaseFransi kwaye wathandwa yintsapho yasebukhosini yaseFransi. Ithenisi yaba ngumdlalo kakumkani. Ebudeni bolawulo lukaCharles V, inkundla yokuqala eParis yakhiwa eLouvre; ebudeni bolawulo lukaFrancis (1515-1547), wayalela ukuba kwakhiwe iinkundla kulo lonke ilizwe aze avumele abantu abaqhelekileyo bathabathe inxaxheba kwintenetya, yaye wada wakha nenkundla yentenetya yasebukhosini kwinqanawa yakhe yedabi yobuqu; UCharles IX wade wayibiza intenetya “yeyona nto izukileyo nexabisekileyo, nowona mthambo usempilweni.” Ke kubonakala ngathi iinkosi ezilandelelanayo zaseFransi ziye zanceda ekwenzeni intenetya yaziwe kwilizwe liphela.

Phakathi kwinkulungwane ye-14, iBritani neFransi zazisoloko zitshintshiselana. Inkosana yesithsaba saseFransi yanikezela ngebhola esetyenziswe kulo mdlalo kuKumkani uHenry V, ngoko lo mdlalo waziswa e-United Kingdom. UKumkani uEdward III waseNgilani wayenomdla ngokukhethekileyo koku waza wayalela ukuba kwakhiwe inkundla yentenetya yangaphakathi ebhotwe. Ukususela ngoko, i-tennis iqalile ukukhula eNgilani. Ngexesha lolawulo lukaHenry VII kunye noHenry VIII, malunga ne-1,800 yeenkundla zangaphakathi ziye zakhiwa eNgilani. Ngenxa yokuba umphezulu wale bhola wenziwe ngeflaneli ye-twill, eyona flannel idumileyo yaveliswa kwidolophu yaseTannis eYiputa, amaBritane ayibiza ngokuba "iTennis"