Games of the Common Man 1580-1660

Description

Author:  McSween, Turloch.

Summary:

This work is intended to briefly cover the indoor and outdoor games of the bulk of the population in the period. It will not therefore cover courtly entertainments and neither will it cover pastimes such as hunting, hawking and fishing which will require whole books of their own.

Contents:

Outdoor Games
Team Games
Sedentary Games

Further details:

Paperback: 17 pages
Language: English
Illustrations: Black & White/Line
ISSN: 9781858041223
Product Dimensions: 21.0 x 14.6 x 0.15 cm

Staff Comments:

This is more a reference booklet for the different types of games which were common to the period and general populace. It does not provide images of extant games and is more of an overview of the instructions as to how to play the games rather than detailed instructions.