Year: 1969
Type: book-review
Abstract: i games, sports, and exercise were left outside the school curriculum and received little or no official encouragement, except in the case of girls' schools, where dancing was often the chief staple.The Renaissance concept of the 'whole man' led to an emphasis on physical develop- ment to parallel intellectual development in the Elizabethan era, influenced directly by the popularity of The Book of the Courtier in England.The changes in the organization of society and the economy which became so apparent in the Stewart period adversely affected the games and sports of 'merrie olde England' well before the strictures of the Puritans provided a theoretical justification in the mortification of the flesh.The firm
Source: Renaissance and Reformation
Language: English
Subfield: Classics
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4249338704