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A Cultural History of Sport the Medieval Age
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A Cultural History of Sport the Medieval Age
Current price: $110.00
Barnes and Noble
A Cultural History of Sport the Medieval Age
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covers the period 600 to 1450. Lacking any viable ancient models, sport evolved into two distinct forms, divided by class. Male and female aristocrats hunted and knights engaged in jousting and tourbanaments, transforming increasingly outdated modes of warfare into brilliant spectacle. Meanwhile, simpler sports provided recreational distraction from the dangerously unsettled conditions of everyday life. Running, jumping, wrestling, and many ball games - soccer, cricket, baseball, golf, and tennis – had their often violent beginnings in this period.
The 6 volume set of the
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.
is Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Georgia, USA.
Volume 2 in the
set
General Editors: Wray Vamplew, Mark Dyreson, and John McClelland