Recreation in the Renaissance: Attitudes Towards Leisure and Pastimes in European Culture, C.1425-1675

by Alessandro Arcangeli

Book Overview

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;...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1349430749
• ISBN13: 9781349430741
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 188 Pages
• Weight: 0.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"