Sport, virtue, and violent public entertainments from antiquity to the Renaissance, from athletic contests in Greece, gladiatorial games and chariot races in Rome, Christian martyrs in the arena, desert monks battling demons, to jousts, hunts, animal combats, dueling and mock battle games of medieval and Renaissance Europe.
Sport, virtue, and violent public entertainments from antiquity to the Renaissance, from athletic contests in Greece, gladiatorial games and chariot races in Rome, Christian martyrs in the arena, desert monks battling demons, to jousts, hunts, animal combats, dueling and mock battle games of medieval and Renaissance Europe.
