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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... football match : all this violence was intended literally to hammer the marriage contract into the memories of those concerned . The fights and brawls without which medieval football is simply unthinkable indicate that football was a ...
... football match : all this violence was intended literally to hammer the marriage contract into the memories of those concerned . The fights and brawls without which medieval football is simply unthinkable indicate that football was a ...
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... FOOTBALL IN GOTLANDIC TENNIS The fact that tennis is an offshoot of football has been obscured by the changes the two games have undergone in the course of many centuries . A survey of modern popular ball games , however , would bring ...
... FOOTBALL IN GOTLANDIC TENNIS The fact that tennis is an offshoot of football has been obscured by the changes the two games have undergone in the course of many centuries . A survey of modern popular ball games , however , would bring ...
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... FOOTBALL IN HELL AND TENNIS ON EARTH : TENEZ ! If it is true that tennis was a milder form of medieval football sanctioned by the church , the fact should be borne out by the language of the two games . So far we have noted parallels ...
... FOOTBALL IN HELL AND TENNIS ON EARTH : TENEZ ! If it is true that tennis was a milder form of medieval football sanctioned by the church , the fact should be borne out by the language of the two games . So far we have noted parallels ...
Contents
the monks racket | 1 |
The tennis games of the Middle Ages | 35 |
The language of tennis | 84 |
Copyright | |
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