Translatio ludorum. The Reception of Muslim Chess in the Reign of Alfonso X
Chess has never been a mere board game but also a reflection of the philosophical, ideological and social tensions experienced by its players over many historical periods. Thus, when the Muslims received this game from the conquests of Persia, they modified it to be compatible with their society. Wi...
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Facultad de Filosofía y Letras, Universidad de Buenos Aires
2022
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| Acceso en línea: | https://revistascientificas.filo.uba.ar/index.php/petm/article/view/10966 https://repositoriouba.sisbi.uba.ar/gsdl/cgi-bin/library.cgi?a=d&c=patris&d=10966_oai |
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| Sumario: | Chess has never been a mere board game but also a reflection of the philosophical, ideological and social tensions experienced by its players over many historical periods. Thus, when the Muslims received this game from the conquests of Persia, they modified it to be compatible with their society. With the expansion of Islam in the Iberian Peninsula, the game encountered the Latin and Spanish worlds. There, king Alfonso X inherited some of the philosophical issues regarding the game and used it as an allegory for the socio-political conflicts his own reign was going through. |
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