Contents

l. Introduction 1
2. From Cathedral School to University 17
3. Games of Philosophers and Astronomers:

From the Late Middle Ages to the Renaissance 53

4. The Renaissance 85
5. Decline and Disappearance 123

The Most Noble, Auncient, and Learned Playe (1563),
Raiph Lever and William Fulke 137

Bibliography 181
Index 199