A guide to the history of physical education

CHAPTER VIII.

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THE PERIOD OF THE RENAISSANCE AND THE REFORMATION.

Changes in Education—The Humanists 49

Vittorino da Feltre 49

Physical Training Advocated by Writers on Education:

In Italy—Cardano, Mercurialis, etc. 50

Luther, Zwingli, Camerarius, Comenius 53

The Spanish Scholar Vives 54

In France—Rabelais and Montaigne 54

In England—Elyot, Mulcaster, Milton 57