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Recreation in the Renaissance : Attitudes Towards Leisure and Pastimes in European Culture, C.1425-1675
by A. Arcangeli
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Overview
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.
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- ISBN-13: 9781349430741
- ISBN-10: 1349430749
- Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
- Publish Date: January 2003
- Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.5 x 0.46 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.57 pounds
- Page Count: 188
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