Chess in the Middle Ages and Early Modern Age (eBook)

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Daniel E. O'Sullivan, University of Mississippi, USA.

Introduction: "Le beau jeu nottable" 7
Part I: Chess, Morality, and Politics 21
Chapter 1. Chess in Medieval German Literature: A Mirror of Social-Historical and Cultural, Religious, Ethical, and Moral Conditions 23
Chapter 2. Making Chess Politically and Socially Relevant in Times of Trouble in the Schacktavelslek 51
Chapter 3. Ludus Scaccarii: Games and Governance in Twelfth-Century England 69
Chapter 4. Defeating the Devil at Chess: A Struggle between Virtue and Vice in Le Jeu des esches de la dame moralisé 93
Part II: Women On and Off the Chessboard 115
Chapter 5. Medieval Chess, Perceval’s Education, and a Dialectic of Misogyny 117
Chapter 6. Images of Medieval Spanish Chess and Captive Damsels in Distress 141
Chapter 7. How did the Queen Go Mad? 175
Part III: Playing Games with Chess and Allegory 191
Chapter 8. Playing with Memory: The Chessboard as a Mnemonic Tool in Medieval Didactic Literature 193
Chapter 9. Changing the Rules in and of Medieval Chess Allegories 205
Chapter 10. The Limits of Allegory in Jacobus de Cessolis’ De ludo scaccorum 227
Selected Bibliography 247
Notes on the Contributors 259
Acknowledgments 263