Stručni rad

Homo ludens of the Battlefield

Kristian Benić ; Filozofski fakultet Sveučilišta u Rijeci, Rijeka, Hrvatska

Sažetak

Despite the turn in historiography, initiated at he beginning of the 20th century, which shaped new forms and directions of research producing the notion “Total history”, infinite riches of human life have not been explored appropriately. One of such areas is war history, reduced too often to the study of military figures. Although it’s being dealt with relevant analyses, we can also talk about history of everyday military life, which is equally important as history of military tactics and weapons used. Fruitful field for this kind of research is the medieval period because it contains many specific qualities in the forms of soldiers’ behavior. One of the specific forms of behavior
is entertainment which consists of all activities that distracted the soldiers from their grim everyday reality of war. Among the forms of entertainment of medieval soldier in France and England the ones that stand out are sexual activity, drinking and gambling, i.e. playing cards.

Ključne riječi

soldier; middle ages; entertainment; prostitution; alcohol

Hrčak ID:

21778

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/21778

Datum izdavanja:

25.1.2008.

Podaci na drugim jezicima: hrvatski

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