Much Wenlock - England 1999

T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S

	Preface - We about ourselves	1
1.	Much Wenlock - William Penny Brookes´s hometown	2
1.1.	The ancient history	2
1.2.	Historical sights	4

2.	W.P. Brookes - the real founder of the Modern Olympic Games	5
2.1.	Biography	5
2.2.	W.P. Brookes´s work for the Shropshire County	6
2.3.	The friendship between William Penny Brookes and Pierre de Coubertin	9

3.	The Wenlock Olympian Games	11
3.1.	From a Reading Society to an Olympian Society	11
3.2.	The first Games	12
3.3.	Some Statistics from the 19th century	14
3.4.	The 113th Wenlock Olympian Games	16
3.5.	Famous sportsmen, officials and guests	21

4.	Pierre de Coubertin - the founder of the Modern Olympic Games	25
4.1.	Biography and work	25
4.2.	The relevance of Coubertin´s ideas today	27

5.	The Diary about the visit to places connected with W.P. Brookes	29
5.1.	Our trip to Britain	32
5.2.	William Brookes School - our partner school	33
5.3.	A warm welcome by the host families	34
5.4.	Our research project	36
5.5.	Highlights and Excursions	37