Publications

Authors:

Arcangeli, Alessandro

Title:

The Purpose of Sport

Year:

2021

Type of item:

Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)

Tipologia ANVUR:

Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)

Language:

Inglese

Format:

A Stampa

Book Title:

A Cultural History of Sport in the Renaissance

Publisher:

Bloomsbury

ISBN:

978-1-3500-2398-7

Page numbers:

23-41

Keyword:

vocabulary of Renaissance sports, purpose of Renaissance sport, chivalry

Short description of contents:

one of the tasks of this chapter is to familiarize the reader with the historical vocabulary of sport, on the premise that the lexicon of any field of human pursuit will illuminate the purpose and relative status of that pursuit. What words—verbs referring to activities, nouns labeling objects, places and times, forms of practice—were in use in the languages spoken and written in the West, between 1450 and 1650, when mentioning in passing, or discussing in detail, single activities we cluster as sport? More significantly still, what collective terms were used to define an entire group of forms of such human behavior; what activities were included, what others excluded from them? did the adoption of similar categories have judgmental or other implications? did it undergo significant variation throughout the period? further, as the title of the chapter plainly suggests, it will be appropriate to examine what meanings and purposes different social groups could give to a type of sporting activity; at the same time, even one and the same individual or group may have undertaken a certain course of action for more than one reason.

Product ID:

119199

Handle IRIS:

11562/1035715

Last Modified:

November 4, 2022

Bibliographic citation:

Arcangeli, Alessandro, The Purpose of Sport A Cultural History of Sport in the Renaissance , Bloomsbury , 2021 , pp. 23-41

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