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Sports and Games of the Renaissance
Andrew Leibs
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Sports and Games of the Renaissance

Andrew Leibs Andrew Leibs

October 2004

Greenwood

Series: Sports and Games Through History

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A reference to the sports and games played during the Renaissance throughout the world.

The Renaissance was a period of extraordinary spirit and development that marked a critical stage in the history of sports and games. In Europe the development of a moneyed economy and more refined methods of timekeeping ushered in a new era of leisure and leisure-activity, in which the old tradition of the Shrove Tuesday Football match deepened in the cultural consciousness. In Asia, Sumo's gradual codification began to develop alongside ancestors of the modern game of hackey-sack. In North and South America, European explorers saw how traditional team sports and games such as lacrosse and pelota could serve as an integrating and uniting phenomenon. Series editor Andrew Leibs provides narrative chapters on Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, North America, and Oceania, each of which shows how modern-day form of recreation evolved during the Renaissance. In addition, readers will learn how to play games that had been previously lost to history.

This volume is the latest installment in the Sports and Games Through History series. Each geographically arranged chapter describes sports, games, and rituals of play, along with descriptions on equipment and instructions for making or adapting game pieces.
Acknowledgments
Series Foreword
Introduction
List of Illustrations
Asia
Africa
Europe
Latin America
Middle East
North America
Oceania
Bibliography
Index
Reviews
[T]his illustrated volume makes accessible information on world pastimes of yore.—Choice





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