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A Cultural History of Sport in the Renaissance / edited by Alessandro Arcangeli.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Cultural histories series
- Cultural history of sport ; 3
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports--History.
- Sports.
- History.
- Sports--Social aspects--History.
- Sports and state--History.
- Sports and state.
- Sports--Social aspects.
- Cultural History (History).
- Cultural Sociology (Sociology).
- Sociology of Sport and Leisure (Sociology).
- Local Subjects:
- Cultural History (History).
- Cultural Sociology (Sociology).
- History.
- Sociology of Sport and Leisure (Sociology).
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource : illustrations.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2021.
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- A Cultural History of Sport in the Renaissance covers the period 1450 to 1650. Outwardly, Renaissance sports resembled their medieval forebears, but the incorporation of athletics into the educational curriculum signalled a change. As part of the scientific revolution, sport now became the object of intellectual analysis. Numerous books were written on the medical benefits of sport and on the best way to joust, fence, train horses and ride, play ball games, swim, practice archery, wrestle, or become an acrobat. Sport became the visible sign of the mind's control over the physical body, such control often becoming an end in itself with some sports shaped more by decorum than exercise. The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Sport presents the first comprehensive history from classical antiquity to today, covering all forms and aspects of sport and its ever-changing social, cultural, political, and economic context and impact. The themes covered in each volume are the purpose of sport; sporting time and sporting space; products, training, and technology; rules and order; conflict and accommodation; inclusion, exclusion, and segregation; minds, bodies, and identities; representation.
- Notes:
- Online resource; description from resource and publisher's metadata (viewed on 20 November 2021).
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781350183018
- 1350183016
- OCLC:
- 1285917424
- Publisher Number:
- 196562
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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