Object's details: THE OLDEST (11TH-13TH C.) CHESS FIGURES MADE IN THE ABSTRACT ARAB STYLE EXCAVATED IN POLAND AGAINST THE EUROPEAN TRENDS RELATED TO THE INITIAL STAGES OF ADAPTATION IN EUROPE

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Title:
THE OLDEST (11TH-13TH C.) CHESS FIGURES MADE IN THE ABSTRACT ARAB STYLE EXCAVATED IN POLAND AGAINST THE EUROPEAN TRENDS RELATED TO THE INITIAL STAGES OF ADAPTATION IN EUROPE
Creator:
Stempin, Agnieszka
Description:
Chess is a board game, in the Middle Ages referred to as a tabula. During the long way it took since its origin in India in the 6th century until modern times, the subsequent communities left their own, inimitable cultural marks. In India, chess had a deeply mystical nature; Persians used chess to picture the world as a battlefield; Arabs systematised many concepts and took note of the mathematical aspect; Europe made use of chess to define rules that should apply to an ideal society. This shows a perfect understanding of the balance on the chessboard, the mutual dependencies and consistent actions leading to success – both when playing and creating social life. Medieval literature provides an excellent basis for studies of the intertwining cultural trends and describing the reality. In the literature, elements based on playing chess are oftentimes among the postulated modes of education. However, the ideas encountered by the potential users of chess tournaments were best communicated by the figures and the accumulated plethora of notions. An analysis of the changes affecting jackstraws at an early stage of the game’s adaptation in Europe and other territories which took over chess as cultural models, leads to a conclusion that the material from the 11th-12th centuries that comes from Polish collections matches many Latin trends and shows considerable knowledge thereof.
Object availability:
free access
Rights:
Prawa autorskie (c) 2021 Agnieszka Stempin
Date:
2021.11.08
Type:
info:eu-repo/semantics/article;
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Language:
Polish
Source:
Slavia Antiqua. Rocznik poświęcony starożytnościom słowiańskim; No. 62 (2021); 285-315;
Slavia Antiqua. Rocznik poświęcony starożytnościom słowiańskim; Nr 62 (2021); 285-315;
0080-9993
Format:
application/pdf
Publisher:
Adam Mickiewicz University Poznan
Relation: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/sla/article/view/29865/26437
Subject:
chess;
early Middle Ages;
chess figures;
Muslim abstract style
Identifier: http://pressto.amu.edu.pl/index.php/sla/article/view/29865
Data provider:
Platforma Otwartych Czasopism Naukowych UAM

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