A guidebook from the 18th century: cult of nature and education of the body in Guts Muths’ Gymnastics for Youth

The present paper is focused on the education of the body in its relationship with nature, using as primary source of analysis the handbook Gymnastik für die Jugend, a guidebook of gymnastics published in 1793, in Germany, by the educator Johann Christoph Friedrich Guts Muths. The author, influenced...

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Main Authors: Evelise Amgarten Quitzau, Carmen Lúcia Soares
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de História da Educação 2016-03-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de História da Educação
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Online Access:http://www.periodicos.uem.br/ojs/index.php/rbhe/article/view/40767