Body and mind : sport in Europe from the Roman Empire to the Renaissance / John McClelland.
Body and mind : sport in Europe from the Roman Empire to the Renaissance / John McClelland.
Body and mind : sport in Europe from the Roman Empire to the Renaissance / John McClelland.
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Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
Date
2007.
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N306.483/ 73
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English
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Physical content
xvii, 187 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. Timelines, historiography, definitions -- 2. Sport in the forgotten centuries (1) : the primary sources to 600 AD -- 3. Sport in the forgotten centuries (2) : the primary sources 600-1700 -- 4. The sports, the athletes, the material setting -- 5. Tournaments, jousting and the game of death -- 6....
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Publisher
Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2007.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2007.
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"Body and Mind : Sport in Europe from the Roman Empire to the Renaissance traces the evolution of sport in Western Europe from the arenas and chariot races of the early modern period, to the triumph of personal decorum and scientific rationalism in the seventeenth century." "Offering a new and original perspective on the relationship between sport...
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Body and mind : sport in Europe from the Roman Empire to the Renaissance / John McClelland.
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Sport in the global society.
Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [159]-178.
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N306.483/ 73
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74VKJQAWR7Wy
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0714653578 (hardback)
9780714653570 (hardback)
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306.483
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991022282529702626
