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Pleasure and leisure in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age : cultural-historical perspectives on toys, games, and entertainment /
Jan Huizinga and Roger Caillois have already taught us to realize how important games and play have been for pre-modern civilization. Recent research has begun to acknowledge the fundamental importance of these aspects in cultural, religious, philosophical, and literary terms. This volume expands on...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Berlin ; Boston :
De Gruyter,
[2019]
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| Colección: | Fundamentals of medieval and early modern culture ;
v. 23. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Pleasure and Leisure from the Middle Ages to the early Nineteenth Century / Classen, Albrecht
- Medieval Magicians as Entertainers: Magic as Demonic Illusion or Stagecraft / Tuczay, Christa Agnes
- Hestaþing (Horse Meeting/s) in Medieval Icelandic Culture / Arnett, Carlee
- The Transformation of the World through Pleasure and Performance in the Thousand and One Nights / Abed, Sally
- Behüde mich vor vngerechtem gude. Were Goods Won in Game "Unjustified"? Medieval Gambling / Benati, Chiara
- Aldhelm's Enigmata and the Commentaries from the Canterbury School: A Monastic Curriculum in Play / Ukropen, Alex
- Understanding Monastic Recreations and Luxury within the Anglo-Saxon Patristic Tradition / Tormey, Warren
- Subjects of the Game: The Pleasures of Subjection in William IX's "Ben vueill que sapchon li pluzor" / Fajardo-Acosta, Fidel
- Peregrine Pleasures: The Sport of Falconry, Lovers, and Self-Identity in Medieval German Literature / Mahan, William
- Tourney, Joust, Foreis and Round Table: Tournament Forms in the Frauendienst of Ulrich von Liechtenstein / Murray, Alan V.
- Drinking, Partying, and Drunkenness in Late Medieval German Verse Narratives and Jest Narratives / Classen, Albrecht
- William Langland's Attitude Toward Play, Leisure, and Pastime: A Realignment of Priorities in Post-Plague England / Pigg, Daniel F.
- The Ambraser Hofämterspiel: Playing Cards as a Visual Source for Courtly Life during the Late Middle Ages / Raid, Maria
- Gawain, Giants, and Tennis in the Fifteenth Century / Sandidge, Marilyn L.
- "J'ai tiré si près / Que je touche au but": Ludic Roots, Spiritual Play in Marguerite de Navarre's L'Inquisiteur / King, Sharon Diane
- Jeux Interdits: The Rationale and Limits of Clerical and Lay Efforts to Enjoin "Scurrilia Solatia" / Taylor, Scott L.
- Randomization in Paper: Shuffling as a Material Practice with Moral Implications in the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern World / Conrad, Michael A.
- Calculated Losses: Molière, Regnard, and the Changing Comic Gamblers of Seventeenth-Century France / Call, Michael
- "His usuall Retyrement": Henry Vaughan's Life and Writing during the English Civil War / Willard, Thomas
- Jokes and the Eighteenth-Century Unconscious: Enlightening the Early-Modern European Id / Coudert, Allison P.
- Enjoying the Waters: Cross-Class Leisure and Pleasure at the Eighteenth Century British Spa / Draper, Melvyn Lloyd
- Nine Men's Medievalisms: Conquests of the Longbow, Nine Men's Morris, and the Impossibilities of a Half-Forgotten Game's Ludic Past / Moberly, Kevin / Moberly, Brent.