Fives
Videos
Fives is an English handball sport derived from jeu de paume, similar to the games of Gaelic handball, Basque pelota, and squash. The game is played in both singles and doubles teams, in an either thr
A game of Rugby fives in progress
Fives wall in South Petherton, Somerset
Fives courts at Eton
Fives court at Abingdon School
Jeu de paume
Videos
Jeu de paume was a ball-and-court game that originated in France and was the precursor of real tennis and ultimately of the modern game of tennis. Jeu de paume was played without racquets, and so was
Fives
…Fives (historically known as hand-tennis) is an English handball sport derived from jeu de paume, similar to the games of Gaelic handball, Basque pelota, and squash. The game is played in both singles and doubles teams, in an either three- or…
Jeu de paume in the 17th century.
Late 18th-century illustration of jeu de paume paddle-bats or battoirs, and (in various stages of construction) strung racquets.
Earliest known picture of Jeu de Paume from a Book of Hours (c. 1300)
A modernised court in the Palace of Fontainebleau, Fontainebleau (1991).