Format:
1 online resource (264 pages)
ISBN:
9783110288810
Series Statement:
Fundamentals of Medieval and Early Modern Culture Ser v.10
Content:
The aim of this English-language series on medieval studies is to establish a methodical, discerning connection between text analysis and cultural history. The series addresses the fundamental cultural themes of the medieval world from the perspective of literary studies and the humanities. These fundamental themes are the culture-formative conceptualizations, world views, social structures and everyday conditions of medieval life, namely, childhood and old age, sexuality, religion, medicine, rituals, work, poverty and wealth, superstition, earth and cosmos, city and country, war, emotions, communication, travel etc. Fundamentals of Medieval Culture pursues important current discussions in the field and provides a forum for interdisciplinary medieval research. The series is open to anthologies as well as monographs. The aim of the series is to present compendium-like works on the central topics of medieval cultural history that provide a sound overview of a limited subject area from the perspective of various disciplines. On the whole, the series thus presents an encyclopedia of medieval literary and cultural history and its main topics.
Content:
Intro -- 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.
Note:
Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783110288513
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9783110288513
Language:
English
URL:
https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=893196
