Despite its title, Caxton's Game and Playe of the Chesse does not,
in fact, have much to say about a game or about playing it ...
Instead, the work uses the chessboard and its pieces to allegorize
a political community whose citizens contribute to the common good.
Readers first meet the king, queen, bishops (imagined as judges),
knights, and rooks, here depicted as the king's emissaries. They
are then introduced to the eight different pawns, who represent
trades that range from farmers to messengers ... Paired with each
profession is a list of moral codes ... These pairings reinforce
the idea of a kingdom organized around professional ties and
associations, ties that are in turn regulated by moral law. - from
the Introduction
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