Medieval Chess: Alfonso X’s Book of Games

Update: 2022-02-07

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From chess and backgammon to politics, courtly culture and race relations. Lucie Laumonier interviews Alexandra Montero Peters about her research into the wonderfully illuminated thirteenth-century manuscript known as the Book of Games. A great episode to know everything about chess, Iberian court culture and politics all at once!

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