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by Fred Eugene Leonard · 1866–1922
"A guide to the history of physical education" by Fred Eugene Leonard is a scholarly historical survey written in the early 20th century. It traces how organized physical training developed from antiquity through European national systems to American movements, profiling key figures, institutions, practices, and ideas. Aimed at teachers and students, it synthesizes international scholarship and offers direction to authoritative sources. The opening of the volume frames its purpose and scope through a dedication to Edward Mussey Hartwell, the author’s preface recounting three decades of research and European study, and an editor’s preface urging historically informed practice over fads. A detailed contents map divides the work into Europe and the United States, then the first chapters survey the arc from Greece (Spartan and Athenian models, the palæstra and gymnasium, ephebic training, and the Olympic and other festivals) to Rome (utilitarian education, rigorous legionary drill, public baths, and the rise of spectacles). The narrative next sketches the hardy pursuits of the Teutonic peoples, the ascetic turn of early Christianity and its health and social effects, and the monastic and cathedral schools’ bookish focus and harsh discipline. It contrasts this with chivalry’s page‑to‑squire‑to‑knight regimen and tournaments, then shows how medieval universities prized scholastic disputation while discouraging games. Finally, the Renaissance and Reformation chapters introduce humanists and reformers who reasserted the value of exercise—most vividly in Vittorino da Feltre’s Mantua school—and medical and pedagogical voices (such as Cardano, Mercurialis, Luther, Zwingli, Camerarius, Comenius, Vives, Rabelais, and Montaigne) who argued for hygienic, military, and educational benefits of physical training.
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- Read time
- 634 min
- Words
- 139,462
- Chapters
- 87
- Paragraphs
- 1,615
- Price
- Free
- Physical education and training
- Physical education and training -- History
Abbot Gasquet, “English Monastic Life.”
Abt Gasquet, „English Monastic Life.“
London, Methuen & Co., 1904.
London, Methuen & Co., 1904.
Contains illustrations, maps, and plans.
Enthält Illustrationen, Karten und Pläne.
Herbert B. Workman, “The Evolution of the Monastic Ideal from the Earliest Times Down to the Coming of the Friars.”
Herbert B. Workman, „The Evolution of the Monastic Ideal from the Earliest Times Down to the Coming of the Friars.“
London, Charles H. Kelly, 1913.
London, Charles H. Kelly, 1913.
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- Original language
- English
- Translation
- German, machine translation
- Source text
- Project Gutenberg #78009
- Licence
- Public domain worldwide
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