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Recreation in the Renaissance

Attitudes Towards Leisure and Pastimes in European Culture, c.1425-1675

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  • © 2003

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Authors:
  1. Alessandro Arcangeli

    1. Department of History, Arts and Geography, University of Verona, Italy

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Part of the book series: Early Modern History: Society and Culture (EMH)

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Table of contents (7 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-9

  3. The Need for Recreation

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    Pages 10-17

  4. The Medical Discourse

    • Alessandro Arcangeli
    Pages 18-45

  5. The Moral Discourse

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    Pages 46-72

  6. Games and Law

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    Pages 73-88

  7. Varieties of Pastimes

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    Pages 89-115

  8. Conclusion

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    Pages 116-127

  9. Back Matter

    Pages 128-188
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About this book

In Renaissance Europe, when 'leisure classes' used social gathering to define civility and the commercialization of leisure was beginning, the human need for recreation became a cultural topos. The book explores the vocabulary of play and games; the spectrum of leisure activities, often gender-specific or appropriate to particular social groups; the medical discourse on the preservation of health, where amusements were assessed as physical exercise; the moral approach to play; legal treatises on gambling; and the visual representation of leisure.

Reviews

'An original, learned, lucid and accessible study that should be essential reading for students of the history of sport, leisure and the Renaissance.' - Professor Peter Burke, University of Cambridge

'In this elegant and wide-ranging book, Alessandro Arcangeli sets medical exercise among other types of recreation discussed by European writers during the long Renaissance.' - Vivian Nutton, Medical History

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of History, Arts and Geography, University of Verona, Italy

    Alessandro Arcangeli

About the author

ALESSANDRO ARCANGELI (PhD Pisa) Lecturer in Early Modern History at the University of Verona, has studied at the Warburg Institute (1989-90) and was a Fellow of Villa I Tatti (1998-99). His book on the cultural history of dance, Davide o Salomè, was awarded a prize (Finale Ligure Storia, 2001).

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