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

Contributor(s): Adams, Jenny (Author)

ISBN: 9780812239447

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press

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Pub Date: September 12, 2006

Dewey: 809.933579

LCCN: 2006042135

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 1.20" H x 9.20" L x 6.00" W ( 1.15 lbs) 264 pages

BISAC Categories:

History | Europe | Medieval | Games and Activities | Chess

Series: Middle Ages

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Reading through influential texts of the later Middle Ages, Adams shows how specific representations of chess encoded concerns about political organization, civic community, and individual autonomy.

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