Tennis: A Cultural History

by Heiner Gillmeister and Heiner Gilmeister

Book Overview

This is the second edition of the highly acclaimed and bestselling comprehensive history of tennis which was the first truly scholarly history of any individual sport. Supported by a startling wealth of linguistic and documentary research, Gillmeister charts the global evolution of tennis from its origins in 12th century France where it emerged as a more peaceful variety of ribald football played in monasteries. By the 16th century, it had become...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1781795215
• ISBN13: 9781781795217
• Release Date: February 2017
• Publisher: Equinox Publishing
• Length: 632 Pages
• Weight: 2.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.7" x 9.7"