A Cultural History of Sport in the Renaissance

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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. Alessandro Arcangeli is Associate Professor at the University of Verona, Italy. Volume 3 in the Cultural History of Sport set General Editors: Wray Vamplew, Mark Dyreson, and John McClelland Cover page Halftitle page Series page Title page Copyright page CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS SERIES PREFACE Introduction: Cultures of Sport in the Renaissance ALESSANDRO ARCANGELI SETTING THE SCENE HISTORIES OF RENAISSANCE SPORT RENAISSANCE WRITING ON SPORT A TALE OF TWO SPORTS CULTURES, CIVILIZATION DEVELOPMENTS AND TIMELINE Notes CHAPTER ONE The Purpose of Sport ALESSANDRO ARCANGELI A WORLD OF WORDS GOOD REASONS SHAPING THE RENAISSANCE BODY A CODA ON CHIVALRY BACK TO SQUARE ONE Notes CHAPTER TWO Sporting Time and Sporting Space ANGELA SCHATTNER HISTORIANS’ PERSPECTIVE CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVE PRACTICAL PERSPECTIVE PUTTING SPORTS IN PLACE CONCLUSION CHAPTER THREE Products, Training, and Technology ÉLISABETH BELMAS* A “FLOURISHING SPORTS EQUIPMENT INDUSTRY” LEARNING AND TRAINING TECHNICITY AND TECHNIQUES OF THE “SPORTING” BODY CONCLUSION Notes CHAPTER FOUR Rules and Order CHRISTIAN JASER INTRODUCTION GUIDING SPORTSMANSHIP: RULE BOOKS AND OCCASION-RELATED RULES CONCLUSION: RULES AND ORDER IN CONTEXT Notes CHAPTER FIVE Conflict and Accommodation DIANE ROUSSEL THE MORAL AND RELIGIOUS OFFENSIVE. LAWFUL VS UNLAWFUL RECREATIONS: WHERE IS SPORT IN ALL THIS? LEGAL DISCOURSE: BETWEEN LAWFUL AND UNLAWFUL SPORTS, IS THERE A GRAY ZONE FOR SPORT? ENCOURAGING AND PROMOTING “FUNCTIONAL SPORT” FOR MILITARY PURPOSES SPORT UNDER SUSPICION: WHEN REPRESSIVE MEASURES SPREAD TO LAWFUL GAMES REJECTING VIOLENCE, DISCIPLINING THE BODY Note CHAPTER SIX Inclusion, Exclusion, and Segregation MATTEO CASINI* USE OF SPORT BY GOVERNMENTS AND ELITES SPORT AND SOCIAL STRUCTURE SPORT AND GENDER SPORT AND AGE CONCLUSIONS Note CHAPTER SEVEN Minds, Bodies, and Identities LAURENT TURCOT* RELIGIOUS CONTEXT EQUESTRIAN GAMES DETERMINING SOCIAL NORMS REBIRTH OF THE BODY VIOLENCE IN THE RENAISSANCE CONCLUSION Note CHAPTER EIGHT Representation ANTONELLA FENECH KROKE THE RISE OF THE “SPORTIVE” BODY SPORTIVE BEHAVIORAL STANDARDS FOR FINE GENTLEMEN SPORTIVE PRACTICES BETWEEN POLITICS AND SOCIABILITY NEW WORLD’S ATHLETIC BODIES GESTURES AND RULES: TECHNIQUES OF THE BODY AND TECHNIQUES OF THE GAME DID EARLY MODERN MEN ALREADY PRACTICE SPORTS? Notes BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTRIBUTORS INDEX