Early British Swimming 55 BC-AD 1719
by Nicholas Orme
Paperback (Published)
(October 1983)
ISBN: 9780859891349
5.83 x 8.27 inches
Price: $30.00
In stock
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.
In 1857 Everard Digby, an extrovert Cambridge scholar, published the first scientific treatise on swimming – and one of the first on any modern sport. Six months later he was expelled from his college, and dies in obscurity as a country parson. Nicholas Orme rehabilitates Digby as a great pioneer of the history of sport. 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.
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
- By (author) Nicholas Orme
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