Recreation in the Renaissance : Attitudes Towards Leisure and Pastimes in European Culture, c.1425-1675 PDF
by A. Arcangeli
Part of the Early Modern History: Society and Culture series
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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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- Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Publication Date:18/12/2003
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- ISBN:9780230507982
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- Format:PDF
- Publisher:Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Publication Date:18/12/2003
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- ISBN:9780230507982
