Pleasure and Leisure in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age : : Cultural-Historical Perspectives on Toys, Games, and Entertainment / / ed. by Albrecht Classen.
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...
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Дата издания: | 2019 |
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Серии: | Fundamentals of Medieval and Early Modern Culture ,
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- Frontmatter
- Table of Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Pleasure and Leisure from the Middle Ages to the early Nineteenth Century
- Medieval Magicians as Entertainers: Magic as Demonic Illusion or Stagecraft
- Hestaþing (Horse Meeting/s) in Medieval Icelandic Culture
- The Transformation of the World through Pleasure and Performance in the Thousand and One Nights
- Behüde mich vor vngerechtem gude. Were Goods Won in Game “Unjustified”? Medieval Gambling
- Aldhelm’s Enigmata and the Commentaries from the Canterbury School: A Monastic Curriculum in Play
- Understanding Monastic Recreations and Luxury within the Anglo-Saxon Patristic Tradition
- Subjects of the Game: The Pleasures of Subjection in William IX’s “Ben vueill que sapchon li pluzor”
- Peregrine Pleasures: The Sport of Falconry, Lovers, and Self-Identity in Medieval German Literature
- Tourney, Joust, Foreis and Round Table: Tournament Forms in the Frauendienst of Ulrich von Liechtenstein
- Drinking, Partying, and Drunkenness in Late Medieval German Verse Narratives and Jest Narratives
- William Langland’s Attitude Toward Play, Leisure, and Pastime: A Realignment of Priorities in Post-Plague England
- The Ambraser Hofämterspiel: Playing Cards as a Visual Source for Courtly Life during the Late Middle Ages
- Gawain, Giants, and Tennis in the Fifteenth Century
- “J’ai tiré si près / Que je touche au but”: Ludic Roots, Spiritual Play in Marguerite de Navarre’s L’Inquisiteur
- Jeux Interdits: The Rationale and Limits of Clerical and Lay Efforts to Enjoin “Scurrilia Solatia”
- Randomization in Paper: Shuffling as a Material Practice with Moral Implications in the Late Middle Ages and Early Modern World
- Calculated Losses: Molière, Regnard, and the Changing Comic Gamblers of Seventeenth-Century France
- “His usuall Retyrement”: Henry Vaughan’s Life and Writing during the English Civil War
- Jokes and the Eighteenth-Century Unconscious: Enlightening the Early-Modern European Id
- Enjoying the Waters: Cross-Class Leisure and Pleasure at the Eighteenth Century British Spa
- Nine Men’s Medievalisms: Conquests of the Longbow, Nine Men’s Morris, and the Impossibilities of a Half-Forgotten Game’s Ludic Past
- Biographical Notes about the Contributors
- Index