Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-256) and index.
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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"[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.