Chaucer's Monk and Sports and Games in Medieval Monasteries and Cathedral Churches
- Author / Editor
- Gillmeister, Heiner.
Chaucer's Monk and Sports and Games in Medieval Monasteries and Cathedral Churches
- Published
- Jörg Sonntag, ed. Religiosus Ludens. Das Spiel als kulturelles Phänomen in mittelalterlichen Klöstern und Orden (Berlin: De Gruyter, 2013), pp. 149-70.
- Description
- Explores the impact of medieval monastic culture on the evolution of sports, such as hockey, football and, in particular, tennis, including commentary on Chaucer's criticism of ecclesiastics engaged in sport. Argues that Chaucer's clerics reflect the contradictory nature of a supposedly sinful, yet popular monastic pastime.
- Contributor
- Sonntag,Jörg, ed.
- Alternative Title
- Religiosus Ludens. Das Spiel als kulturelles Phänomen in mittelalterlichen Klöstern und Orden
- Chaucer Subjects
- Monk and His Tale