Early Golf : : Royal Myths and Ancient Histories / / Neil S. Millar.
Exploring the myths and revisiting the evidence surrounding the early history of golfExplores the early history of golf, from the earliest written reference in a Scottish Act of Parliament from the 1450s Challenges enduring myths and popular misconceptions concerning the early history of golfFeature...
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Place / Publishing House: | Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022] ©2022 |
Year of Publication: | 2022 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 p.) :; 11 B/W illustrations 78 colour illustrations 78 colour and 11 black and white illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- List of Abbreviations of Archives Consulted
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Royal Myths and Ancient Histories
- Part I. A Chronological History of Early Golf
- 1 King James II, a Scottish Act of Parliament and some Fifteenth-century Golf Myths
- 2 King James III and Two Poetic Fifteenth-century Golf Myths
- 3 King James IV, the Earliest Recorded Golf Match and Early Sixteenth-century Golf
- 4 Catherine of Aragon and a Persistent Golf Myth
- 5 King James V and the Gosford Golf Myth
- 6 Mary Queen of Scots and the Romanticisation of Golf History
- 7 King James VI, the Club-maker William Mayne and Golf in Scotland (1566–1603)
- 8 King James VI/I, Early Golf in England and the Blackheath Golf Myth
- 9 King Charles I, the Countess of Mar and Golf at Leith and Newcastle
- 10 King Charles II, a ‘Goffe-Club-maker’ and Golf in Restoration Britain
- 11 King James VII/II: the ‘First International Golf Match’ or an Enduring Myth?
- Part II. A Thematic History of Early Golf
- 12 Early Golf Balls and Golf-ball Myths
- 13 Early Clubs and Caddies
- 14 Early Golf Societies and Early Women’s Golf
- 15 Early Golf in Scotland and the Spread of Golf to Other Countries
- 16 The Origin of Golf
- Postscript: Enduring Myths and Popular Misconceptions
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index