Early British Swimming, 55 BC-AD 1719: With the First Swimming Treatise in English, 1595

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University of Exeter Press, 1983 - 215 páginas


In 1857 Everard Digby published the first scientific treatise on swimming - and one of the first on any modern sport. Nicholas Orme rehabilitates Digby as a pioneer of the history of sport. The book opens with a history of swimming in Britain from the Romans to the sixteenth century, which is followed by an account of Digby's life and work.

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Early British Swimming, 55 BC-AD 1719: With the First Swimming Treatise in ...
Nicholas Orme
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Nicholas Orme is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. His previous works included English Schools in the Middle ages (Methuen, 1973) and Education in the West of England (University of Exeter, 1976), and other books and articles on religion and education during the Middle Ages and Renaissance.

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TítuloEarly British Swimming, 55 BC-AD 1719: With the First Swimming Treatise in English, 1595
AutorNicholas Orme
Ediciónilustrada
EditorUniversity of Exeter Press, 1983
ISBN0859891348, 9780859891349
Largo215 páginas
  
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