Power Play : : The Literature and Politics of Chess in the Late Middle Ages / / Jenny Adams.
The game of chess reached western Europe by the year 1000, and within several generations it had become one of the most popular pastimes ever. Both men and women, and even priests played the game despite the Catholic Church's repeated prohibitions. Characters in countless romances, chansons de...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Penn Press eBook Package Complete Collection |
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Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2013] ©2006 |
Year of Publication: | 2013 |
Language: | English |
Series: | The Middle Ages Series
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (264 p.) :; 9 illus. |
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