Englishness was the starting block for modern Olympic Games, claims University of Leicester historian

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Published by University of Leicester Press Office for University of Leicester in Communities and also in Education

‘More than any other nation, the English invented modern sport and it was their thinking about education that inspired the re-invention of the Olympic games’ - Professor Rob Colls, University of Leicester English public schools and their sporting traditions provided the inspiration for the modern Olympic Games, according to a University of Leicester academic. Professor Robert Colls, of the University’s School of Historical Studies, will give a lecture explaining how 19th century Fre...

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