Chess in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age
A Fundamental Thought Paradigm of the Premodern World
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 texts from numerous traditions - English, French, German, Latin, Persian, Spanish, Swedish, and Catalan - and argue that knowledge of chess is essential to understanding medieval culture. Such knowledge, however, cannot rely on the modern game, for today's rules were not developed until the late fifteenth century. Only through familiarity with earli…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-3-11-028881-0
- EAN: 9783110288810
- Produktnummer: 12906089
- Verlag: De Gruyter
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 263 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 0 KB
Über den Autor
Daniel E. O'Sullivan, University of Mississippi, USA.
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