Physical Training and Sports Activities of the Romaion Elite Of The 9th–12th Centuries According to Tangible, Visual and Written Sources
| Autor: | Vadim V. Khapaev, Anton M. Glushich |
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| Jazyk: | English<br />Russian |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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| Zdroj: | Археология евразийских степей, Iss 6, Pp 186-208 (2021) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2587-6112 2618-9488 18885659 |
| DOI: | 10.24852/2587-6112.2021.6.186.208 |
| Popis: | The authors of paper analyze the sports activities and the process of physical training of the Byzantine elite in the 9th-12th centuries. Based on the materials of tangible, visual and written sources, the authors review the examples of the participation of emperors, commanders and their entourage in various types of physical activity: battles, spectacular competitions, non-public sports games, hunting and athletic competitions. It is concluded that all forms of physical training of the representatives of the Roman elite were dedicated to a single goal - the upbringing of a physically strong and stress-resistant commander complying with both antique and modern images of the physical and moral ideal. Systematic physical training was accounted for both by the ethos of the Byzantine elite, which sought to imitate the aspirations of the ruler, and by a purely practical necessity: with the increase in external military threats, the process of militarization of the ruling circles became more extensive. The sports activities of the Byzantine elitists studied in the paper are practically were unalterably associated with military training. And even the periodic participation of the basileuses and their entourage in public competitions was not the result of excitement itself, but was subordinated to a political concept aimed at solving specific political tasks. |
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