Chess in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age : : A Fundamental Thought Paradigm of the Premodern World /

Chess in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age : : A Fundamental Thought Paradigm of the Premodern World / / ed. by Daniel E. O'Sullivan.

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The game of chess was wildly popular in the Middle Ages, so much so that it became an important thought paradigm for thinkers and writers who utilized its vocabulary and imagery for commentaries on war, politics, love, and the social order. In this collection of essays, scholars investigate chess te...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
MitwirkendeR:
Adams, Jenny,
Classen, Albrecht,
Del Puppo, Dario,
Ferm, Olle,
Juel, Kristin,
Milliman, Paul,
Musser Golladay, Sonja,
Mussou, Amandine,
O’Sullivan, Daniel E.,
Taylor, Mark N.,
HerausgeberIn:
O'Sullivan, Daniel E.,
Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2012]
©2012
Year of Publication:2012
Language:English
Series:Fundamentals of Medieval and Early Modern Culture , 10
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Physical Description:1 online resource (257 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • TABLE OF CONTENTS
  • Introduction: “Le beau jeu nottable”
  • Part I: Chess, Morality, and Politics
  • Chapter 1. Chess in Medieval German Literature: A Mirror of Social-Historical and Cultural, Religious, Ethical, and Moral Conditions
  • Chapter 2. Making Chess Politically and Socially Relevant in Times of Trouble in the Schacktavelslek
  • Chapter 3. Ludus Scaccarii: Games and Governance in Twelfth-Century England
  • Chapter 4. Defeating the Devil at Chess: A Struggle between Virtue and Vice in Le Jeu des esches de la dame moralisé
  • Part II: Women On and Off the Chessboard
  • Chapter 5. Medieval Chess, Perceval’s Education, and a Dialectic of Misogyny
  • Chapter 6. Images of Medieval Spanish Chess and Captive Damsels in Distress
  • Chapter 7. How Did the Queen Go Mad?
  • Part III: Playing Games with Chess and Allegory
  • Chapter 8. Playing with Memory: The Chessboard as a Mnemonic Tool in Medieval Didactic Literature
  • Chapter 9. Changing the Rules in and of Medieval Chess Allegories
  • Chapter 10. The Limits of Allegory in Jacobus de Cessolis’ De ludo scaccorum
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Notes on the Contributors
  • Acknowledgments

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