Buch, Englisch, 228 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 301 g
Buch, Englisch, 228 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 148 mm x 210 mm, Gewicht: 301 g
ISBN: 978-0-85989-134-9
Verlag: University of Exeter Press
The book opens with a detailed history of swimming in Britain from the Romans to the sixteenth century, which is followed by an account of Digby’s life and work and its impact on swimming down to the eighteenth century.
The book also includes the first modern edition of Digby’s treatise, in the English version of 1595, with the 43 original illustrations.
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Preface
1. From the Romans to the Vikings
2. The Middle Ages, 1066-1500
3. The Sixteenth Century
4. Everard Digby and his 'Art of Swimming'
5. Digby's Successors and the Seventeenth Century
6. A Short Introduction for to Learn to Swim, translated by Christopher Middleton from Digby's De Arte Natandi
Bibliography
Index