Games and Gaming in Medieval Literature, 1st ed. 2015 The New Middle Ages Series

The first-of-its-kind, Games and Gaming in Medieval Literature explores the depth and breadth of games in medieval literature and culture. Chapters span from the twelfth to the sixteenth centuries, and cover England, France, Denmark, Poland, and Spain, re-examining medieval games in diverse social settings such as the church, court, and household.

"Introduction: Setting Up the Board
PART I: SPACES OF PLAY
1. ""Ludus inhonestus et illicitus?"" Chess, Games, and the Church in Medieval Europe; Robert Bubczyk
2. Games and Education in Medieval England; Nicholas Orme
3. Words with Friends, Courtly Edition: The Jeux-Partis of Thibaut de Champagne; Daniel E. O''Sullivan
4. Sexy, Naughty, and Lucky in Love: Playing Ragemon le Bon in English Gentry Households; Serina Patterson
PART II: GAME AND GENRE
5. Church, Court, and Tavern: Games and Social Hierarchy in Some Medieval Motets; Tamsyn Rose-Steel
6. Colonizing the Otherworld in Walewein; Jenny Adams
7. The Knight''s Earnest Game in Chaucer''s The Canterbury Tales; Nora Corrigan
8. ""Rounes to Rede"": Ludic ReadingGames in the Alliterative Wheel of Fortune Poem Somer Soneday; Kimberly Bell
9. Textual Games and Virtuality in Spanish Cancionero Poetry; Juan Escourido
Afterword: Medieval Ludens; Betsy McCormick


                                                                              

Robert Bubczyk, Maria Curie-Sk?odowska University, Poland Nicholas Orme, University of Exeter, UK Daniel E. O'Sullivan, University of Mississippi, USA Tamsyn Rose-Steel, Johns Hopkins University, USA Jenny Adams, University of Massachusetts, USA Nora Corrigan, Mississippi University for Women, USA Kimberly Bell, Sam Houston State University, USA Juan Ecourido, University of Pennsylvania, USA Betsy McCormick, Mount San Antonio College, USA