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>“In the Middle Ages, chess was one of the seven skills that a good knight should master,” Where is that attested in writing of the time?
by Isamu 2y ago
>“In the Middle Ages, chess was one of the seven skills that a good knight should master,”
Where is that attested in writing of the time?
- shagie 2y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_chess#cite_ref-Vale1b_58-1 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_chess#cite_ref-Vale... > Peter Alfonsi, in his work Disciplina Clericalis, listed chess among the seven skills that a good knight must acquire. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disciplina_clericalis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disciplina_clericalis > Disciplina clericalis is a book by Petrus Alphonsi. Written in Latin at the beginning of the 12th century, it is a collection of 33 fables and tales and is the oldest European book of its kind. The English translation - https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Disciplina_Clericalis https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Disciplina_Clericalis https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Disciplina_Clericalis/Tale_4 https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Disciplina_Clericalis/Tale_4 > Then, the accomplishments are: Riding, swimming, archery, boxing, the chase, chess, writing verse. The virtues (industriae) are: not to be a glutton, a drunkard, a sybarite, not to be given to violence, to lying, covetous, and of evil life." The disciple: "At the present time I do not believe there is any man of this kind." The latin passage (from https://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Disciplina_clericalis https://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Disciplina_clericalis ): > Probitates vero hae sunt: Equitare, natare, sagittare, cestibus certare, aucupare, scaccis ludere, versificari.
- hugh-avherald 2y agoGlad to see that unrealistic job application requirements have been around for centuries.
- tomcam 2y agoI’ve applied for almost 120 knight jobs in the last two years. Several of them require 30 years experience at both swimming and poetry, which is absurd. It’s possible I’m being rejected due to my drunkard status tbh.
- wumbo 2y agoThis was already gold but went platinum with: "At the present time I do not believe there is any man of this kind."
- skulk 2y agoI could probably beat any of them in chess.
- tomcam 2y agoI’d be willing to compete as a sybarite. Not in chess, mind you. Just plain… sybarition.