Young Men Playing Stickball With their tunics hitched up in their belts so that they could move around more easily, young men play a game involving hitting a ball with a stick. Games involving bats and balls were popular, for the equipment needed was made from simple, inexpensive materials.
(Playing game of pelota, illuminated page from Cantigas de Santa Maria, manuscript made under the direction of Alfonso X [1221–1284], King of Castile and León/DEA/De Agostini/Getty Images)