Playthings in early modernity : party games, word games, mind games / edited by Allison Levy.

Contains fifteen interdisciplinary essays at the nexus of material culture, performance studies, and game theory. Emphasized in these essays are the rules of the game(s) as well as the breaking of those rules. The titular "plaything" is understood as both an object and a person, and play, in the ear...

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Other Authors: Levy, Allison M. (Allison Mary), 1968- (Editor)
Language:English
Published: Kalamazoo : Medieval Institute Publications, Western Michigan University, [2017]
Series:Ludic cultures, 1100-1700.
Subjects:
Games > Europe > History > 16th century.
Amusements > Europe > History > 16th century.
Amusements.
Games.
Manners and customs.
Europe > Social life and customs > 16th century.
Europe.
1500-1599
History.
Genre:
History.
Physical Description:xiv, 335 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Format: Book

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