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What is it about?

This article examines the evidence of the significance of bodily movements for social and political history. It traces the evolution of regulated patterned bodily movements in dancing, fencing and military drill and argues that regulated patterned movements appeared in Europe first in dancing manuals.

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Why is it important?

Contrary to the often stated argument that the attraction of the historiography of the body is declining the article seeks to show that there are mainy aspects of the history of the body still in need of intensive research.