Cards and the origins of playing cards in France during medieval times
A historical overview traces the invention and spread of playing cards in France around the 1390s, detailing linguistic roots for card suits, royal permissions and bans, and how ecclesiastical canons, royal accounts, and synods shape the early form and meanings of suits, kings, queens, and knaves.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles
France
Pagelle Pida
Emanuel
Duke of
Savoy
David
Alexander
Ozsar
Charlemagne
Argine
Esther
Judith
Pallas
Regina
St. Paul
Hogier and Lahire
Port News from Portsmouth and Surrounding Waters
Naval traffic reports from Portsmouth and Cowes detail Royal Navy ships at St Helens and Spithead, arrivals from Cadiz and Jamaica, and outward-bound convoys to the Downs. Vessels include Sterling Castle Gosport Prince George Friendship Exmouth and others, with numerous prize ships and convoy movements noted around February 2 to 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portsmouth
St. Helen’s
Sterling Castle
Gosport
Prince George East India Ship
Downs
Spithead
Torbay
Kepple
Plymouth
St. Helens
Royal William
Boscawens Sandwich
Geary
St.George
Prinscei
Amelia
Pool
Friendship
Seager
Samuel
Pove
Parrat
Cadiz
Sally
Green
Newfoundland
John
Elizabeth
Wills
Exmouth
Hodder
Exter
Rose
Houquet
Weymouth
Greyhound
Richards
London
Cowes
Fan
Ferre
Bristol
Irela Polly
Evans
Yarmouth Teneriffe
Portimot
Hermione
Boyd
Arti
Conceirao
Francisco
Lisbon
Cork
Deal
N.N. E
Humphry
Seville
St James
Mathie
Jamaica
Hafsar
Gravesend
Charles
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pusitice
Pers
Rend
Father
Mercies
Israel
Holland
Francfort
Oder
Liffa
Poland
Silesia
Count Tottleben
Meiffen
Saxony
Pruslia
Freyberg
Chemnitz
Odern
Baron Linden
Tchoppau
Laudohn
Bohemia
Prince of
Brunswick
Brix
Leipfic
Dresden
Marshal Daun
Wittemberg
Hulfen
Schenkendorff
Egra
Bamberg
Franconia
Dunkirk
Boulogne
Calais
St. Omer
Gravelines
Prince de Soubize
Brusels
Prussia
Prince Henry
Torgau
Leipsick
Hague
Hellen
Paris
Brest
Vilaine
Troyes
Mercure de France
N. D. de Bons Nouvelles
St. Denis
Fauxsbourg St. Lazare
Rome
Leghorn
Florence
Port News
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