Medieval Chess: Alfonso X’s Book of Games

From chess and backgammon to politics, courtly culture and race relations.  Lucie Laumonier interviews Alexandra Montero Peters about her research into the wonderfully illuminated thirteenth-century manuscript known as the Book of Games. A great episode to know everything about chess, Iberian court culture and politics all at once! 

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