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A Cultural History of Sport in the Medieval Age - The Cultural Histories Series John McClelland
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A Cultural History of Sport in the Medieval Age - The Cultural Histories Series
John McClelland
A Cultural History of Sport in the Medieval Age 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 Male and female aristocrats hunted and knights engaged in jousting and tournaments, transforming increasingly outdated modes of warfare into brilliant spectacle.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 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.
Noel Fallows is Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Georgia, USA.
Volume 2 in the Cultural History of Sport set
General Editors: Wray Vamplew, Mark Dyreson, and John McClelland
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| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | August 31, 2022 |
| ISBN13 | 9781350023970 |
| Publishers | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC |
| Pages | 288 |
| Dimensions | 170 × 248 × 22 mm · 680 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Dyreson, Mark (Pennsylvania State University, USA) |
| Series Editor | McClelland, John (Victoria College, University of Toronto, Canada) |
| Series Editor | Vamplew, Wray (University of Edinburgh, UK) |
