ir void. The towns tended to become areas of resistance to the noble power and also had a large amount of independence under the monarchy. Most of the town consisted of the bourgeois, who seemed to be the most comfortably situated in the land. There were basically three brand divisions of townsfolk. There was the aristocracy, the merchants, and the artisans. These groups were said to be self- governing within the city or state. Towns and villages were very different places in those times.Life for the ordinary citizen lift little time for leisure. However when it was leisure time there was a variety of simple sports and amusements. One thing everyone looked forward to were the local fairs. They celebrated special occasions such as the end of harvest. Probably the most important sport of the time was archery. It was praised as food for all men, rich or poor. There were also many other sports. Some of these include bowling, various ball games like handball and football, fishing, tennis and originating in Scotland was golf. Popular bar games of today were plated back then like cards, dice, and billiards. The crown outlawed those games of chance however, but they were still played. Much of todays sports can be seen in the sports of that era. Many things were set forth in the end of the early western civilization. Some of them lasted, like the sports, and many faded away. As conditions of life improved many of the hardships of the time began to fade away. It however is important to notice that much of what happened then affected the modern world today....
