History

QA10: Quidditch Today • Source Many of the modern (and more difficult) Quidditch moves are discussed. Read More

QA1: The Evolution of the Flying Broomstick • Source This first chapter of Quidditch Through the Ages discusses the earliest known flying brooms. Read More

QA2: Ancient Broom Games • Source Ancient broom games that were popular prior to the development of Quidditch are discussed. Read More

QA3: The Game From Queerditch Marsh • Source The evolution of Quidditch from its invention until the introduction of the Snidget in the middle of the thirteenth century is discussed. Read More

QA4: The Arrival of the Golden Snitch • Source The introduction of the Golden Snidget to the game of Quidditch is described, and the eventual replacement of the bird with the Golden Snitch. Read More

QA5: Anti-Muggle Precautions • Source The evolution of regulations governing the selection of Quidditch pitches is discussed. Read More

QA6: Changes in Quidditch Since the Fourteenth Century • Source The rules of Quidditch, and changes in them since the fourteenth century, are discussed. Read More

QA7: Quidditch Teams of Britain and Ireland • Source The teams of the British and Irish Quidditch League are discussed in turn. The thirteen teams in the League are: Appleby Arrows, Ballycastle Bats, Caerphilly Catapults,  Chudley Cannons, Falmouth Falcons, Holyhead Harpies, Kenmare Kestrels, Montrose Magpies, Pride of Portree, Puddlemere United, Tutshill Tornados, Wigtown Wanderers and Wimbourne… Read More

QA8: The Spread of Quidditch Worldwide • Source The history of Quidditch on various continents is discussed. Read More

QA9: The Development of the Racing Broom • Source The history of the development of the racing broom is discussed, including the various manufacturers of famous brooms. Read More

Quaffles are first colored red during a particularly muddy winter • Event Before the invention of the Pennifold Quaffle, dropped quaffles often fell to the ground. Red balls were easier to distinguish against the muddy, wintertime Quidditch pitch (QA6). Read More

Queen Elizabeth I • Character Queen Elizabeth I was the Muggle Queen of England and Ireland, from November 1558 until her death in March 1603. Known as the Virgin Queen, she was the last Tudor monarch. Her reign was known as the Elizabethan period. Read More

Queen Maeve • Character Queen Maeve was a medieval witch who trained young sorcerers in Ireland prior to the establishment of Hogwarts (FW). Read More

Queerditch Marsh • Lakes and marshes • Quidditch places Queerditch Marsh is the place where the game of Quidditch originated. Eight hundred years ago, a group of witches and wizards used an damp stretch of nettle-filled ground called Queerditch Marsh as a place to play a new game they had invented. This game involved broomsticks and a… Read More

Quidditch Through the Ages • Books and Literature • Quidditch • Sports and competitions Quidditch Through the Ages is the standard guide to the game of Quidditch, the sport favoured by fans all over Britain and worldwide. The book was written by Kennilworthy Whisp and first published in 1952 by Whizz Hard Books. The book contains information about the history of… Read More

Quidditch Through the Ages (book) • Source Quidditch Through the Ages is a popular Hogwarts library book, reproduced in a facsimile edition for Muggles. The book covers the history of Quidditch from its origins in ancient broom games to the present day. Details UK Muggle edition published on 12 March 2001 by Bloomsbury, in… Read More

Keep Quidditch from Muggles • Quote “In 1419, the Council issued the famously worded decree that Quidditch should not be played ‘anywhere near any place where there is the slightest chance that a Muggle might be watching or we’ll see how well you can play whilst chained to a dungeon wall.”‘… Read More

Quidditch spreads to Europe • Event Ingolfr the Iambic from Norway and Malecrit from France write of Quidditch matches taking place in their countries, by which we see that the game was spreading across Europe in the early 1400s (QA8). Read More

Quidditch World Cup 1473 (The First Quidditch World Cup) • Event The Quidditch World Cup 1473 was the first Quidditch World Cup game to be played. It has gone down in history as one of the most violent of all time, as it involved every one of the 700 ways to commit a Quidditch foul. The final match pitted… Read More

Quidditch World Cup 1809 (The Attack of the Killer Forest) • Event The Quidditch World Cup 1809 tournament is especially remembered for “The Attack of the Killer Forest“, after a disastrous event followed the final match between Romania and New Spain (QWC). Read More

Quintius Umfraville • Character Quintius Umfraville was the author of the book The Noble Sport of Warlocks, a seventeenth-century description of the game of Quidditch. His book describes a pitch with scoring areas – which simplified the Keeper’s role – and baskets mounted on higher goalposts than previously recorded (QA6). Read More

Quintius Umfraville writes The Noble Sport of Warlocks • Event Umfraville’s book includes a diagram of the seventeenth century pitch, and makes clear that the position of Keeper had evolved by the author’s time to the responsibilities it includes today (QA6). Read More

Quodpot solution • Potions Effect: Used in the pots serving as goals in the game of Quodpot to keep the Quod from exploding (QA8). Read More

QWC: The Quidditch World Cup (essays) • Source QWC refers to Rowling’s writings about the Quidditch World Cup originally posted on Pottermore. These essays and news reports were subsequently included in the updated version of the book Quidditch Through the Ages, which already included some descriptions of the Quidditch World Cup. NOTE: Information from the original QA… Read More