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 wawuthandwa kakhulu phakathi kwezithunywa zevangeli. Indlela kwakuwukusebenzisa intende yesandla ukushaya ibhola elenziwe ngendwangu eligoqwe ngezinwele ngentambo phakathi kwabantu ababili endaweni evulekile.
Lo mdlalo wokuzilibazisa wawuthandwa kakhulu phakathi kwezindela futhi waqala ukusabalala. Kancane kancane, lo msebenzi wasakazeka kusukela ezindela kuya ezigabeni eziphezulu zomphakathi futhi waba umdlalo wokuzijabulisa wezikhulu ngaleso sikhathi. Kancane kancane, lo mdlalo wangeniswa kancane kancane enkantolo yaseFrance futhi wathandwa umndeni wasebukhosini waseFrance. Ithenisi yaba umdlalo wenkosi. Ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaCharles V, inkantolo yokuqala eParis yakhiwa eLouvre; ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaFrancis (1515-1547), wayala ukwakhiwa kwezinkundla kulo lonke izwe futhi wavumela abantu abavamile ukuba bahlanganyele ethenisi, waze wakha nenkundla yethenisi yasebukhosini esikebheni sakhe; uCharles IX waze wabiza ithenisi ngokuthi “into ekhazimulayo neyigugu kakhulu, kanye nokuzivocavoca okunempilo kakhulu.” Ngakho kubonakala sengathi amakhosi aseFrance alandelanayo asizile ekwenzeni ithenisi ithandwe kulo lonke izwe.

Maphakathi nekhulu le-14, iBrithani neFrance zazishintshana njalo. Isikhulu sobukhosi saseFrance sanikeza iNkosi uHenry V ibhola elalisetshenziswa kulo mdlalo, ngakho lo mdlalo wethulwa e-United Kingdom. INkosi u-Edward III waseNgilandi wayenesithakazelo esikhulu kulokhu futhi wayala ukuba kwakhiwe inkundla yethenisi yangaphakathi esigodlweni. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, ithenisi isiqalile ukuthuthuka eNgilandi. Ngesikhathi sokubusa kukaHenry VII noHenry VIII, kuye kwakhiwa izinkundla zangaphakathi ezingaba ngu-1,800 eNgilandi. Ngenxa yokuthi ubuso baleli bhola benziwe nge-twill flannel, i-flannel edumile kakhulu ekhiqizwa edolobheni laseTannis eGibhithe, amaNgisi ayibiza ngokuthi “iTennis”