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Record Number:
17867
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Rebbert , Maria A.
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Title:
The Celtic Origins of the Chess Symbolism in "Milun" and "Eliduc" [The author considers the significance of Marie's chess scenes by comparing them to similar “fidchell” scenes in several Old Irish tales. Title note supplied by Feminae.].
Source:
In Quest of Marie de France: A Twelfth-Century Poet. Edited by Chantal A. Marechal. Edwin Mellen Press, 1992. Pages 148 - 160.
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Article Type:
Essay
Subject
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Chess in Literature
Fidchell, Irish Board Game
Guingamor, Old French Lai
Irish Literature
Literature- Verse
Marie de France, Poet- Lais- Eliduc
Marie de France, Poet- Lais- Milun
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Geographic Area:
France
Century:
12
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Year of Publication:
1992.
Language:
English
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