Power Play: The Literature and Politics of Chess in the Late Middle Ages by Jenny Adams

Power Play: The Literature and Politics of Chess in the Late Middle Ages

Middle Ages

Jenny Adams

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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...

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