Author: Anthony L Fisher
Publisher: Legare Street Press
Published: 2023-07-18
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781020662485
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Learn about the exciting and fascinating history of the game of Pallone with this deeply researched and engaging work of sports history. From its ancient origins to modern-day variations, this book explores the evolution and enduring popularity of this unique and thrilling sport. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author: Anthony L. Fisher
Publisher:
Published: 2015-07-22
Total Pages: 74
ISBN-13: 9781331972389
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Excerpt from The Game of Pallone: From Its Origin to the Present Day, Historically Considered Every Englishman takes an interest in athletic games; whether it be the Turf, the Chase, or Cricket, the attraction is the same. The game of Pallone, which forms the subject of the following work, is not much known in England. It is with a view to bring this noble game, which is still played in many cities of Italy, more prominently before the English public, that I have undertaken the present treatise. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: Henry Charles Fitz Roy Somerset Beaufort (8th Duke of)
Publisher:
Published: 1890
Total Pages: 572
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Published: 1909
Total Pages: 568
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Author: Rebekka von Mallinckrodt
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2017-05-15
Total Pages: 259
ISBN-13: 1317051009
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →It is often assumed that a recognisably modern sporting culture did not emerge until the eighteenth century. The plethora of physical training and games that existed before 1700 tend to fall victim to rigid historical boundaries drawn between "modern" and "pre-modern" sports, which are concerned primarily with levels of regulation, organization and competitiveness. Adopting a much broader and culturally based approach, the essays in this collection offer an alternative view of sport in the early modern period. Taking into account a variety of competitive as well as non-competitive forms of sport, physical training and games, the collection situates these types of activities as institutions in their own right within the socio-cultural context of early-modern Europe. Treating the period not only as a precursor of modern developments, but as an independent and formative era, the essays engage with overlooked topics and sources such as court records, self-narratives, and visual materials, and with contemporary discussions about space, gender and postcolonial studies. By allowing for this increased contextualization of sport, the collection is able to integrate it into more general historical questions and approaches. The volume underlines how developments in early modern sport influenced later developments, whilst at the same time being thoroughly shaped by contemporary notions of the body, status and honour. These notions influenced not only the contemporary sporting fashion but the adoption of sports in elite education, the use of sports facilities, training methods and modes of competition, thus offering a more integrated idea of the place of sport in early modern society.
Author: James Reston, Jr.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Published: 1997-02-01
Total Pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780803289642
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