Bibliograph

Recreation in the Renaissance, Attitudes towards Leisure and Pastimes in European Culture, c. 1425–1675, by Alessandro Arcangeli

Type

Label

Recreation in the Renaissance, Attitudes towards Leisure and Pastimes in European Culture, c. 1425–1675, by Alessandro Arcangeli

Language

eng

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Recreation in the Renaissance

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

646766680

Responsibility statement

by Alessandro Arcangeli

Series statement

Springer

Sub title

Attitudes towards Leisure and Pastimes in European Culture, c. 1425–1675

Summary

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.--, Provided by publisher

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