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" Birth of the chess queen : "
Marilyn Yalom.
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BL
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989448
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b743818
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| Main Entry
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Yalom, Marilyn.
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| Title & Author
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Birth of the chess queen : : a history /\ Marilyn Yalom.
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| Publication Statement
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New York, NY :: Harper Collins Publishers,, ©2004.
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xxiii, 272 pages :: illustrations (some color) ;; 22 cm
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0060090642
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: 9780060090647
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-256) and index.
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| Contents
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Chess before the chess queen -- Enter the queen! -- The chess queen shows her face -- Chess and queenship in Christian Spain -- Chess moralities in Italy and Germany -- Chess goes to France and England -- Chess and the cult of the Virgin Mary -- Chess and the cult of love -- Nordic queens, on and off the board -- Chess and women in old Russia -- New chess and Isabella of Castile -- The rise of "queen's chess" -- The decline of women players.
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| Abstract
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"[Examines] the politics and culture of medieval Europe, the institution of queenship, and the reflections of royal power in the figure of the chess queen"--Page [3] of jacket.
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Chess-- History.
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Queen (Chess)-- History.
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Queens-- History.
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Kings, queens, rulers, etc.
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Chess.
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Queen (Chess)
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Queen (Chess)-- History.
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Queens-- History.
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Queens.
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Dames (schaakstukken)
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| Dewey Classification
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794.1/46
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| LC Classification
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GV1451.5.Q43Y35 2004
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76.12bcl
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