Gender, Play, and Power: The Literary Uses and Cultural Meanings of Medieval Chess in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries

Chess, played throughout medieval Europe, enjoyed a surge of popularity in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. The

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Gender, Play, and Power: The Literary Uses and Cultural Meanings of Medieval Chess in the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Centuries

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