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Biographical note
Alessandro Arcangeli teaches early modern, Renaissance and cultural history at the University of Verona. He is the author of a reference book on historiography and method (Cultural History: A Concise Introduction, London 2012) and of specialist studies of attitudes towards dance (with particular emphasis on cultural exchange) and play (Recreation in the Renaissance, Basingstoke 2003). Passions and dreams offered some of his recent research topics. He is co-editor of collective volumes (including A Cultural History of Memory in the Early Modern Age, with M. Tamm) and book series (among others, “Cultures of Play”, Amsterdam), as well as member of editorial boards (such as that of the journal Ludica).A Cultural History of Sport in the Renaissance covers the period 1450 to 1650. Outwardly, Renaissance sports resembled their medieval forebears, but the incorporation of athletics into the educational curriculum signalled a change. As part of the scientific revolution, sport now became the object of intellectual analysis. Numerous books were written on the medical benefits of sport and on the best way to joust, fence, train horses and ride, play ball games, swim, practice archery, wrestle, or become an acrobat. Sport became the visible sign of the mind’s control over the physical body, such control often becoming an end in itself with some sports shaped more by decorum than exercise.
The 6 volume set of the Cultural History of Sport presents the first comprehensive history from classical antiquity to today, covering all forms and aspects of sport and its ever-changing social, cultural, political, and economic context and impact. The themes covered in each volume 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.
Alessandro Arcangeli is Associate Professor at the University of Verona, Italy.
Volume 3 in the Cultural History of Sport set
General Editors: Wray Vamplew, Mark Dyreson, and John McClelland
VOLUME 3: A CULTURAL HISTORY OF SPORT IN THE RENAISSANCE
EDITED BY ALESSANDRO ARCANGELI, UNIVERSITY OF VERONA, ITALY
1. The Purpose of Sport, Alessandro Arcangeli
2. Sporting Time and Sporting Space, Angela Schattner
3. Products, Training and Technology, Élisabeth Belmas
4. Rules and Order, Christian Jaser
5. Conflict and Accommodation, Diane Roussel
6. Inclusion, Exclusion and Segregation, Matteo Casini
7. Minds, Bodies and Identities, Laurent Turcot
8. Representation, Antonella Fenech Kroke
The Cultural Histories are multi-volume sets that survey the social and cultural construction of specific subjects across six historical periods, broadly:
- Antiquity
- The Medieval Age
- The Early Modern Age
- The Age of Enlightenment
- The Age of Empire
- The Modern Age
The subjects covered range from Animals to Dress and Fashion, from Sport to Furniture, from Money to Fairy Tales. Each volume discusses the same themes in its chapters so that readers may gain an understanding of a period by reading an entire volume, or follow a theme through history by reading the relevant chapter in each volume. Each six-volume set is illustrated.
Titles are available as printed 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 perpetual access (see www.bloomsburyculturalhistory.com).
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