Duke - Evans Jonathan (Independent Scholar)
Duke - Evans Jonathan (Independent Scholar) - An English Tradition? The History And Significance Of Fair Play - Hardcover
Duke - Evans Jonathan (Independent Scholar) - An English Tradition? The History And Significance Of Fair Play - Hardcover
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Description: For hundreds of years English people have claimed that fair play is at the core of their national identity. Jonathan Duke - Evans looks at the history of fair play in Britain from earliest times to the present asking whether it is in fact a British or alternatively an English characteristic at all - and if so whether fair play still matters today? In An English Tradition? Jonathan Duke - Evans explores the origins of the idea of fair play tracing it back to the classical world and the Dark Ages and finding its genesis deep within England's social structure. Charting its early development through both the tales of chivalry and the stories of popular legend the book shows how fair play manifested itself in literature the law the Christian religion and the family. It examines the way in which fair play was conceived during the ages of slavery and empire and it proposes a new account of the birth of modern sport in the encounter between age - old popular games and the Victorian cult of amateurism. Taking in the Scottish Irish and Welsh manifestations of fair play Duke - Evans offers contrasts and comparisons from cultures all around the world and suggests new perspectives on the relevance of fair play in the twenty - first century.
Title: An English Tradition? The History And Significance Of Fair Play
Author(s): Duke - Evans Jonathan (Independent Scholar)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780192859990
Pages: 464 Pages, 12 Black And White Illustrations
Publication Date: 4/26/2023
Category: History Of Sport
Description: For hundreds of years English people have claimed that fair play is at the core of their national identity. Jonathan Duke - Evans looks at the history of fair play in Britain from earliest times to the present asking whether it is in fact a British or alternatively an English characteristic at all - and if so whether fair play still matters today? In An English Tradition? Jonathan Duke - Evans explores the origins of the idea of fair play tracing it back to the classical world and the Dark Ages and finding its genesis deep within England's social structure. Charting its early development through both the tales of chivalry and the stories of popular legend the book shows how fair play manifested itself in literature the law the Christian religion and the family. It examines the way in which fair play was conceived during the ages of slavery and empire and it proposes a new account of the birth of modern sport in the encounter between age - old popular games and the Victorian cult of amateurism. Taking in the Scottish Irish and Welsh manifestations of fair play Duke - Evans offers contrasts and comparisons from cultures all around the world and suggests new perspectives on the relevance of fair play in the twenty - first century.
Title: An English Tradition? The History And Significance Of Fair Play
Author(s): Duke - Evans Jonathan (Independent Scholar)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Barcode: 9780192859990
Pages: 464 Pages, 12 Black And White Illustrations
Publication Date: 4/26/2023
Category: History Of Sport
