Medieval wrestling games including prize fight and Hippas.

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Men wrestling with their coats on the ground (top), men wrestling for the prize of a rooster (middle), and men wrestling on shoulders of others in the game of Hippas, 14th century. Handcoloured lithograph by Joseph Strutt from his own Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Chatto and Windus, London, 1876.

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Size: 5266px × 5985px
Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 14th, bout, century, coats, england, game, handcoloured, hippas, illuminated, illustration, joseph, lithograph, manuscript, medieval, men, pastimes, people, play, prize, rooster, sport, sports, strutt, wrestling