The Cultural Legacy of the Royal Game of the Goose: 400 years of Printed Board Games

Adrian Seville

Published by Amsterdam University Press 2019

The Cultural Legacy of the Royal Game of the Goose

400 years of Printed Board Games

Adrian Seville

https://doi.org/10.1515/9789048535880

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About this book

The book traces the history of the Game of the Goose from its medieval roots and celebrates its continuing cultural legacy as the chief model for race games played with dice in the modern era.

Author / Editor information

[Adrian Seville](https://city.academia.edu/AdrianSeville) (Emeritus Professor of City University, London) is a leading collector and researcher of printed board games. His 2016 exhibition at the Grolier Club of New York was hailed in *The Wall Street Journal* as a ‘mindopening cultural event’.

Reviews

"The book is written in a clear style and also 'tells a story.' Seville has put the game into its historical context and has given us the best insight into the subject including the latest facts. Not only will 'game-buffs' love the book but also as a 'picture book' it is well worth thumbing through its pages. As well, people interested in 'cultural heritage' will find a lot of fascinating facts. Well worth as a reference-book in your library!" - Fred Horn, *Games and Puzzles*, Winter 2019 "It is difficult to do justice to the scope and depth of Seville’s study in a short review such as this, but it offers much useful material, providing en passant, for example, comments on reference material such as books, library and museum collections and digital resources. Some of the sources Seville surveys may already be familiar to those who regularly consult standard reference sources, research library catalogues and national collections, but it is a testament to Seville’s scholarship that the reader is alerted to so broad a range of primary and secondary reference material to follow up for deeper study." - Eddie Duggan, Manchester Game Studies Network, October 2019

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	7
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	9
Part I. The History of the Game of the Goose and its Variants, from its earliest appearance to the end of the 19^th century
1. Introduction and overview Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
2. Early history and meaning of the Game of the Goose Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	23
3. French games before the Revolution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
4. French games after the Revolution Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
5. An overview of British games Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
6. British games of the 17^th and 18^th centuries Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
7. British games of the 19^th century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
8. Distinctive features of German Goose Games Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	195
9. Italian games to the end of the 19^th century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	223
10. Dutch and Flemish games Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
11. Games in Spain, Portugal and Latin America Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
12. Countries where the Game of the Goose was less in evidence Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	273
13. The Board Game links between Europe and the USA Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
Part II. The Legacy of the Game of the Goose in the Modern Era
14. The International Background at the end of the 19^th century Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291
15. Amusement and Education Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	295
16. Propaganda, Polemic and Satire Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	301
17. Advertising and Promotion Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	317
CONCLUSION
18. Printed Board Games as Sources for Cultural History Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	333
Glossary of technical terms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	353
Figures Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	359
Literature quoted with abbreviated titles Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	365
Index of Games Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	367
Index of Subjects Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	379

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: Amsterdam University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 392
Illustrations
- Illustrations: 32
- Coloured Illustrations: 60
- Other: 95
Keywords: Cultural history; board games; iconography; art history; history of leisure; printing history.

eBook

Published: July 1, 2019
ISBN: 9789048535880