Umsuka wethenisi

Imvelaphi yethenisi ingalandelelwa emuva eFrance ngekhulu le-12 nele-13, futhi manje inomlando weminyaka engaphezu kuka-800. Ngaleso sikhathi, umdlalo wokushaya ibhola ngentende yesandla wawudumile phakathi kwezithunywa zevangeli. Indlela kwakuwukusebenzisa intende yesandla ukushaya ibhola elenziwe ngendwangu eboshwe ngoboya ngentambo phakathi kwabantu ababili endaweni evulekile.
Lo mdlalo wokuzilibazisa wawuthandwa kakhulu phakathi kwezindela futhi waqala ukusabalala. Kancane kancane, lo msebenzi wasakazeka usuka ezindlini zezindela waya ezigabeni eziphezulu zomphakathi futhi waba umdlalo wokuzijabulisa wezicukuthwane ngaleso sikhathi. Kancane kancane, lo mdlalo wethulwa kancane kancane enkantolo yaseFrance futhi wathandwa umndeni wasebukhosini baseFrance. Ithenisi yaba umdlalo wenkosi. Phakathi nokubusa kukaCharles V, inkantolo yokuqala eParis yakhiwa eLouvre; phakathi nokubusa kukaFrancis (1515-1547), wayala ukwakhiwa kwezinkantolo ezweni lonke futhi wavumela abantu abavamile ukuba bahlanganyele emdlalweni womphebezo, waze wakha inkundla yethenisi yasebukhosini emkhunjini wakhe wempi; UCharles IX waze wabiza ibhola lomphebezo ngokuthi “likhazimula kakhulu neliyigugu, nokuzivivinya okunempilo kakhulu.” Ngakho-ke kubonakala sengathi amakhosi aseFrance alandelanayo asize ekwandiseni ithenisi ezweni lonke.

Maphakathi nekhulu le-14, iBrithani neFrance babehwebelana njalo. Inkosana yesicoco saseFrance inikeze iNkosi uHenry V ibhola elisetshenziswe kulo mdlalo, ngakho lo mdlalo wethulwa e-United Kingdom. INkosi u-Edward III yaseNgilandi yayinesithakazelo ngokukhethekile kulokhu futhi yayala ukuba kwakhiwe inkundla yethenisi yasendlini esigodlweni. Kusukela lapho, ithenisi isiqalile ukuthuthukisa eNgilandi. Ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaHenry VII kanye noHenry VIII, cishe izinkantolo zangaphakathi eziyi-1,800 zakhiwe eNgilandi. Ngenxa yokuthi ingaphezulu laleli bhola lenziwe nge-twill flannel, iflaneli edume kakhulu ekhiqizwa edolobheni lase-Tannis e-Egypt, amaNgisi ayibiza ngokuthi “Ithenisi”