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Sport
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1. Terminology

The modern term sport was already in use at the beginning of the early modern period; it is derived from Anglo-Norman se desportes (French se deporter, “enjoy oneself, amuse oneself”). Thus it denoted activities which serve to pass the time. In early modern German, these acti…

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Behringer, Wolfgang, “Sport”, in: Encyclopedia of Early Modern History Online, Editors of the English edition: Graeme Dunphy, Andrew Gow. Original German Edition: Enzyklopädie der Neuzeit. Im Auftrag des Kulturwissenschaftlichen Instituts (Essen) und in Verbindung mit den Fachherausgebern herausgegeben von Friedrich Jaeger. Copyright © J.B. Metzlersche Verlagsbuchhandlung und Carl Ernst Poeschel Verlag GmbH 2005–2012. Consulted online on 27 September 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2352-0272_emho_COM_027825>
First published online: 2015
First print edition: 20180208



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