Tennis: A Cultural HistoryThe cover painting shows an 18th-century Italian game of tennis, and the opening chapter is intriguingly subtitled "Tennis and the Devil." Gillmeister (linguistics, U. of Bonn) provides a sociohistorical survey of this popular sport. Illustrations and photos as well as commentary trace the game from its origins as "the monk's racket" --an attenuated medieval form of football--, through Renaissance literary references to it, to its evolution as lawn tennis in America and Europe. Distributed in the US by Books International. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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... Frisian keatsen 46 Early representation of Frisian keatsen 47 A medieval tournament scene , carved ivory 48 The medieval Passage of Arms , carved ivory 49 Miniature from Chrétien de Troyes ' Yvain , 13th century 50 Linguistic analysis ...
... Frisian keatsen 46 Early representation of Frisian keatsen 47 A medieval tournament scene , carved ivory 48 The medieval Passage of Arms , carved ivory 49 Miniature from Chrétien de Troyes ' Yvain , 13th century 50 Linguistic analysis ...
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... Frisian keatsen , not least because it was played by the Frisians ' former cousins , was the Saterlandic game popular among its practitioners till around the 1850s , but now extinct . " It had some very archaic features , and one of ...
... Frisian keatsen , not least because it was played by the Frisians ' former cousins , was the Saterlandic game popular among its practitioners till around the 1850s , but now extinct . " It had some very archaic features , and one of ...
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... Frisians were forced to settle on artificial mounds ( Old Frisian therp ) , the only viable approach to them being that by means of small boats with a very shallow draught . As early as in the time of their missionary , St Boniface , it ...
... Frisians were forced to settle on artificial mounds ( Old Frisian therp ) , the only viable approach to them being that by means of small boats with a very shallow draught . As early as in the time of their missionary , St Boniface , it ...
Contents
the monks racket | 1 |
The tennis games of the Middle Ages | 35 |
The language of tennis | 84 |
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