They run with surprising swiftness : the women athletes of early modern Britain / Peter Radford.
Radford, Peter, 1939- author.; ProQuest (Firm)
2023
GV709.18.G7 R34 2023
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Title They run with surprising swiftness : the women athletes of early modern Britain / Peter Radford.
Author Radford, Peter, 1939- author.
ISBN 0813947944
9780813947945
9780813947921
9780813947938
Published Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2023.
Copyright ©2023
Language English
Description 1 online resource : illustrations.
Call Number GV709.18.G7 R34 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification 796.092/52
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note Access limited to authorized users
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.
Source of Description Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 30, 2023).
Added Corporate Author ProQuest (Firm)
Series Peculiar bodies: stories and histories.
Available in Other Form They run with surprising swiftness
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In Hera's footsteps
Women runners in Britain: the evidence
"Of good conversation": from 1638
Running for shifts and smocks: to 1699
"A Prince's wine and biskets": 1700-1724
Visitors write home: 1725-1749
Paying the ultimate price: 1750-1774
Exhilaration and athleticism: 1775-1799
The power to endure: 1800-1824
Moral meddling, cant, and sheer humbug: 1825 onward
The runners: overview, 1638-1850
Women tennis players, team players, fighters, and jockeys: the evidence
The tennis players
The team players
Cricketers of all ages and sizes
The fighters
The equestrians
Women athletes: summary.

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