«Ludica. Annali di storia e civiltà del gioco», 17-18, 2011-2012

Perché ancora “Ludica”. Con qualche considerazione sulla storia della ludicità/Why “Ludica” is continuing. With some reflections on the history of ludicity, 7
Leszek Gardeła, Ludicity among the Slavs. Games and pastimes in early medieval Poland, 15
Heiner Gillmeister, 16th and 17th century continental tennis and its English relative. A few new points scored, 29
Margherita Corsi, «… là xe tegnevan zogo de panze». Le scommesse sui parti a Venezia, 49
Manfred Zollinger, Wetten auf die Genueser Lotterie. Eine kulturelle Geographie der Lotto-Expansion (17.-18. Jahrhundert), 65
Roger Munting, Folk football and the origins of the modern game. The case of camping in East Anglia, 89
Maria Rosaria Pelizzari, Dalle bettole ai salotti: il gioco d’azzardo a Napoli tra Settecento e primo Ottocento, 99
Gherardo Ortalli, Women, progress and the bicycle in Belle Époque France, 117
Christian Koller, Transnationalität und Popularisierung. Thesen und Fragen zur Frühgeschichte des Schweizer Fußballs, 151

Anna Pianalto, Signs and leisure in the times of the Crusaders, 169
Federico Pigozzo, The manufacturing of playing dice at the end of the Middle Ages, 173
Federica Missere Fontana, Trigonalis Pila. Il disegno ligoriano per il De arte gymnastica di Girolamo Mercuriale, 176
Manfred Zollinger, Lotto fraud and the telegraph, 182
Domenico Elia, Giuseppe Pezzarossa’s gymnastics games for «Educazione e Lavoro», 184
Mika Rissanen, Beer breaks at the Tour de France. Some observations on beer and cycling in the early 1900s, 188

Desmond Lam, The World of Chinese Gambling, and Asian Games. The Art of Contest, edited by Colin MacKenzie and Irving L. Finkel, review by Gherardo Ortalli, 191
Fik Meijer, Il mondo di Ben Hur. Lo spettacolo delle corse nell’antica Roma, review by Juan Antonio Jiménez Sánchez, 193
Keith Hopkins y Mary Beard, Il Colosseo. La storia e il mito, review by Juan Antonio Jiménez Sánchez, 196
Religiosus ludens. Das Spiel als kulturelles Phänomen in mittelalterlichen Klöstern und Orden, Hrsg. Jörg Sonntag, und Heiter bis göttlich. Die Kultur des Spiels im Kloster, edited by Christiane Brehm et al., review by Manfred Zollinger, 199
Girolamo Zorli, Tarocchi e carte nel Rinascimento. Racconti, review by Thierry Depaulis, 201
M.A. Katritzky, The Art of Commedia. A Study in the Commedia dell’Arte 1560-1620 with Special Reference to the Visual Records, review by Simona Brunetti, 204
Peter Schnyder, Alea. Zählen und Erzählen im Zeichen des Glücksspiels 1650-1850, review by Manfred Zollinger, 206
Manuel Moreno Alonso, Los Solesio. Historia de una familia andaluza, 1780-1901, review by Paolo Calcagno, 207

Riassunti/Summaries/Résumés/Zusammenfassungen, 209
Autori/Authors/Auteurs/Autoren, 213