Queening: Chess and Women in Medieval and Renaissance France

This work explores the correlation between the game of chess and social conditions for women in both medieval and Renaissance France. Beginning with an introduction to the importance and symbolism of the game in European society and the teaching of the game to European nobility, this study theorizes...

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Main Author: O'Shea, Regina L.
Format: Others
Published: BYU ScholarsArchive 2010
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Online Access:https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/2416
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3415&context=etd