A Cultural History of Sport in the Medieval AgeNoel FallowsLabel: Bloomsbury AcademicDescription: piA Cultural History of Sport in the Medieval Age/i covers the period 600 to 1450. Lacking any viable ancient models sport evolved into two distinct forms divided by class. Male and female aristocrats hunted and knights engaged in jousting and tournaments transforming increasingly outdated modes of warfare into brilliant spectacle. Meanwhile simpler sports provided recreational distraction from the dangerously unsettled conditions of everyday life. Running jumping wrestling and many ball games - soccer cricket ball golf and tennis – had their often violent beginnings in this period.br /br / The 6 volume set of the iCultural History of Sport /ipresents 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.br /br / bNoel Fallows/b is Distinguished Research Professor at the University of Georgia USA.br / Volume 2 in the iCultural History of Sport /isetbr / General Editors: Wray Vamplew Mark Dyreson and John McClelland/p
