A Cultural History of Sport in Antiquity

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From gladiatorial combat to knightly tournaments and from hunting to games and gambling, sport has been central to human culture. A Cultural History of Sport presents the first extensive history from classical antiquity to today, covering all forms and aspects of sport. Chapter titles are identical across each of the volumes. This gives the choice of reading about a specific period in one of the volumes, or following a theme across history by reading the relevant chapter in each of the six. The themes (and chapter titles) 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. The six volumes cover: 1 - Antiquity (800 BCE to 600 CE); 2 - Medieval Age (600 to 1450); 3 - Renaissance (1450 to 1650); 4 - Age of Enlightenment (1650 to 1800); 5 - Age of Industry (1800 to 1920); 6 - Modern Age (1920 to present). The page extent for the pack is approximately 1776pp. Each volume opens with Notes on Contributors and an Introduction and concludes with Notes, Bibliography, and an Index. A Cultural History of Sport is part of The Cultural Histories Series. Titles are available both as printed hardcover sets for libraries needing just one subject or preferring a one-off purchase and tangible reference for their shelves, or as part of a fully-searchable digital library available to institutions by annual subscription or on perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com). Cover page Halftitle page Series page Title page Copyright page CONTENTS ILLUSTRATIONS SERIES PREFACE CHRONOLOGICAL PERIODS ABBREVIATIONS Introduction TERMINOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY BACKGROUND: SPORT IN GREECE BACKGROUND: SPORT IN ROME NOTES CHAPTER ONE The Purpose of Sport INTRODUCTION SPORT AND DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN AND AMONG GROUPS IN GREEK COMMUNITIES SPORT AS A MARKER OF GREEK IDENTITY IN THE CLASSICAL PERIOD SPORT AS A MARKER OF GREEK IDENTITY IN THE HELLENISTIC (323–31 BCE) AND ROMAN (31 BCE–476 CE) PERIODS DEFINING SPORT IN ROME SPORT, SEEING, AND BEING SEEN: THE ELITE PERSPECTIVE SPORT, SEEING, AND BEING SEEN: THE NON-ELITE PERSPECTIVE SPORT, SEEING, AND BEING SEEN: THE PERFORMERS’ PERSPECTIVE SPORT, SEEING, AND BEING SEEN: SPECTATORSHIP FROM A DISTANCE CONCLUSION NOTES CHAPTER TWO Sporting Time and Sporting Space INTRODUCTION SPORTING TIME SPORTING SPACE CONCLUSION NOTES CHAPTER THREE Products, Training, and Technology INTRODUCTION THE ORIGINS OF THE GYMNASIUM (SIXTH AND EARLY FIFTH CENTURY BCE): NOT WAR BUT BEAUTY THE GYMNASIUM AS A SITE FOR EDUCATION AND MILITARY TRAINING IN THE CLASSICAL AND HELLENISTIC PERIODS ATHLETIC TRAINERS ATHLETIC TRAINING REGIMES TRAINING VERSUS TALENT TECHNOLOGY: STARTING GATES PRODUCTS THE ECONOMIC DIMENSIONS OF TRAINING AND ANCIENT SPORT CONCLUSION NOTES CHAPTER FOUR Rules and Order INTRODUCTION THE BEGINNINGS OF GREEK SPORT AND RULES AND ORDER: THE EIGHTH CENTURY BCE RULES AND ORDER IN GREEK SPORT: THE ARCHAIC AND CLASSICAL PERIODS GREEK SPORT AFTER THE CITY-STATE: THE HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN PERIODS GLADIATORIAL CONTESTS DURING THE ROMAN PERIOD (31 BCE–476 CE) CONCLUSION: READING BETWEEN THE RULES IN ANCIENT SPORT CHAPTER FIVE Conflict and Accommodation INTRODUCTION CONFLICT IN AND OUTSIDE OF SPORT, TO THE END OF THE CLASSICAL PERIOD (323 BCE) ACCOMMODATION IN THE HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN PERIODS INTEGRATION AND ACCOMMODATION BY MEANS OF SPORT IN STRATONIKEIA14 A HYBRID GRECO-ROMAN CULTURE OF SPORT CONCLUSION NOTES CHAPTER SIX Segregation, Inclusion, and Exclusion* INTRODUCTION SOCIAL STATUS AND SPORT IN GREECE SPORT AND POLITICAL IDENTITY GENDER AND SPORT CONCLUSION NOTES CHAPTER SEVEN Minds, Bodies, and Identities INTRODUCTION EARLY GREEK SPORT: INTIMATIONS OF IMMORTALITY BEFORE MIND–BODY DUALISM CLASSICAL GREEK SPORT: MIND, BODY, AND THE POLIS SPORT AND PHILOSOPHY IN THE HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN PERIODS: ASKE¯SIS OF MIND AND BODY MEDICINE AND SPORT IN IMPERIAL ROME: COMPETING FOR KNOWLEDGE OF MIND AND BODY CHRISTIANITY: THE ATHLETIC REMAINDER CONCLUSION NOTES CHAPTER EIGHT Representation INTRODUCTION “THE CLASSICAL TRADITION” EPITOMIZED: THE NUDE ATHLETE THE COHERENCE OF “THE CLASSICAL TRADITION” THE HEROIC PARADIGM “HAVE FORETASTE OF THE SWEAT OF WAR” SPORT AND STARDOM: THE FIRST CELEBRITIES THE LIMITS OF REPRESENTATION TO PRAISE THE REWARD; TO MEASURE THE COST NOTES BIBLIOGRAPHY CONTRIBUTORS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INDEX