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Record Number:
9823
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Rowland , Beryl.
Contributor(s):
Title:
Chaucer's "Duchess" and Chess [The author searches for meaning in the material referring to chess in the "Book of the Duchess;" she argues that Chaucer used the twelve "ferses" to refer to the signs of the zodiac].
Source:
Florilegium 16, ( 1999): Pages 41 - 59.
Description:
Article Type:
Journal Article
Subject
(See Also)
:
Astrology
Blanche, Duchess of Lancaster, Wife of John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster
Chaucer, Geoffrey, Poet- Book of the Duchess
Chess
Games
Literature- Verse
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
British Isles
Century:
14
Primary Evidence:
Illustrations:
Table:
Abstract:
Related Resources:
Author's Affiliation:
University of York and University of Victoria
Conference Info:
- , -
Year of Publication:
1999.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
07095201