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Physical education of the medieval knight La educación física del caballero medieval

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dc.creator Buenaventura DELGADO
dc.date 2013-09-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned 2015-07-20T22:08:22Z
dc.date.available 2015-07-20T22:08:22Z
dc.identifier 0212-0267
dc.identifier https://doaj.org/article/efc1f458df164cb4b53904f0d59ce3f6
dc.identifier.uri http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/11970
dc.description The medieval knight was required to perform the same physical exercices and have the same capabilities as Spartan, Athenian and Roman soldiers. They had to be agile, strong, fast and able to use weapons on foot as on horseback. To be pysically fit was as important as knowing history as explained by tutors and sung by jugglers in moments of leisure during which they learnt of legends, nationals heroes and the paradigms that distinguish nations. All the heroes praised through generations provide models shaped the collective personality of entire peoples. San Isidoro de Sevilla, Ramón Llull, King Alfonso X the Wise and Don Juan Manuel were the principal writers to exalt the figure of the knight and his education. During the XII, XIII, XIV and XV centuries and including the Renaissance, there were exhibitions of physical games, during which knights sought fame and fortune: jousts, tournaments, staged games, games using canes and processions of arms called «pasos honrosos» were undertaken with popular enthusiasm in Western and central Europe in the Byzantine Empire and throughout the Moslem world.<br>Los ejercicios y habilidades físicas exigidos al caballero medieval fueron semejantes a los que se pedían al militar espartano, ateniense y romano. Debían ser ágiles, fuertes, rápidos y diestros en el manejo de las armas a pie y a caballo. Tan importante como una buena forma física era conocer la Historia cantada por ayos y juglares en los momentos de ocio, a través de la cual se familiarizaban con las tradiciones, leyendas, héroes nacionales y los paradigmas que distinguían a un pueblo de otro. El abanico de héroes alabados y ensalzados de generación en generación eran otros tantos modelos destinados a troquelar la personalidad colectiva de cada pueblo. San Isidoro de Sevilla, Ramón Llull, el rey Alfonso X el Sabio y Don Juan Manuel son los principales escritores interesados en ensalzar la figura del caballero y su educación. En los siglos XII, XIII, XIV y XV, e incluso en pleno renacimiento, se practican juegos físicos de exhibición, en los que los caballeros buscan la fama y la fortuna: justas, torneos, juegos de tablados, juegos de cañas y pasos de armas, llamados también «pasos honrosos», se practican con gran aceptación popular en la Europa occidental, en la central, en el Imperio Bizantino y en el mundo musulmán.
dc.relation http://campus.usal.es/~revistas_trabajo/index.php/0212-0267/article/view/10414
dc.relation https://doaj.org/toc/0212-0267
dc.rights CC BY-NC-SA
dc.source Historia de la Educación, Vol 14, Iss 0, Pp 61-71 (2013)
dc.subject History of education
dc.subject LA5-2396
dc.subject Education
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dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject History of education
dc.subject LA5-2396
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject DOAJ:Education
dc.subject DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject History of education
dc.subject LA5-2396
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject History of education
dc.subject LA5-2396
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject Education
dc.subject L
dc.subject History of education
dc.subject LA5-2396
dc.title Physical education of the medieval knight La educación física del caballero medieval
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