Soccer History

April 27th, 2011
In the late Middle Ages and later centuries developed in the British Isles and surrounding areas different sets of equipment, which were known as codes of football. These codes were unified over time, but in the second half of the seventeenth century were the first great unification of football (rugby, football, Australian football), which gave rise to the sport today is known worldwide as football.
The first British codes were characterized by few rules and for its extreme violence. One of the most popular was football carnival. For this reason the football carnival was banned in England by decree of King Edward III and remained banned for 500 years.The football carnival was not the only source of the time, in fact there were other code more organized, less violent and even developed out of the British Isles. One game was the famous Florentine calcium, from the city of Florence, Italy. This sport influenced various aspects of football today, not only by their rules, but also by the party atmosphere that these games were played.

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