Introduction: “Le beau jeu nottable”

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS v
3. Introduction: “Le beau jeu nottable” 1
4. Part I: Chess, Morality, and Politics
5. Chapter 1. Chess in Medieval German Literature: A Mirror of Social-Historical and Cultural, Religious, Ethical, and Moral Conditions 17
6. Chapter 2. Making Chess Politically and Socially Relevant in Times of Trouble in the Schacktavelslek 45
7. Chapter 3. Ludus Scaccarii: Games and Governance in Twelfth-Century England 63
8. Chapter 4. Defeating the Devil at Chess: A Struggle between Virtue and Vice in Le Jeu des esches de la dame moralisé 87
9. Part II: Women On and Off the Chessboard
10. Chapter 5. Medieval Chess, Perceval’s Education, and a Dialectic of Misogyny 111
11. Chapter 6. Images of Medieval Spanish Chess and Captive Damsels in Distress 135
12. Chapter 7. How Did the Queen Go Mad? 169
13. Part III: Playing Games with Chess and Allegory
14. Chapter 8. Playing with Memory: The Chessboard as a Mnemonic Tool in Medieval Didactic Literature 187
15. Chapter 9. Changing the Rules in and of Medieval Chess Allegories 199
16. Chapter 10. The Limits of Allegory in Jacobus de Cessolis’ De ludo scaccorum 221
17. Selected Bibliography 241
18. Notes on the Contributors 253
19. Acknowledgments 257