| Description |
1 online resource (287 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; SPORT AND SOCIETY; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; I THE HISTORICAL STUDY OF SPORT; II THE ELIZABETHAN INHERITANCE; 1. The Courtly Tradition; 2. The Courtly Sports in Elizabethan Practice; 3. Physical Training and the Schools; 4. Sport and the Spirit of the Age; III EXERCISE, FDUCATION AND SOCIAL ATTITUDES, 1600 -- 1650; 1. The Fading of the Courtly Tradition; 2. Educational Speculation and the Training of the Body; 3. Politics and Play; 4. Sporting Practice: 1600-1650; IV SPORT AND THE PURITANS; 1. English Calvinism and the Human Body |
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2. Physical Activities during the Interregnum3. The Puritan Legacy; V THE MOTION OF LIMBS; 1. Medicine and Exercise; 2. Physique and Philosophy; VI SPORTING THEORY AND PRACTICE UNDER THE LATER STUARTS; 1. The Restoration Spirit; 2. Physical Education and Rational Doubt; 3. The Sports of the Gentlewoman; VII THE PAST AND THE PRESENT; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Summary |
First published in 2006. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781135031541 |
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1135031541 |
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