{"product_id":"9781326403645","title":"Training of Isabella I of Castile as the Virgin Mary by Churchman Martin De Cordoba in 1468","description":"Today most chess historians agree that the weak chess queen, named \"dame\" in France as from the XIV century, changed to a powerful chess queen in Spain in 1475. Around this year we also see a change of the weak bishop to a strong bishop, according to the chess poem Scachs d'amor. In order to strengthen our hypothesis of Isabella I of Castile (Isabel la Catolica) we have written a book about the new bishop and a book about Scachs d'amor in English. Concentrating now on Virgin Mary in relationship with Isabella I of Castile we observe that the Augustinian monastic Martin de Cordoba  wrote in 1468 the work El Jardin de las donzellas. It was directed to Princess Isabel I of Castile with the intention to contribute to her education as future Queen. Cordoba was the first writer who draws equivalencies between Isabella I of Castile and Virgin Mary, which became one of her standard portrayals. Shorty thereafter we see the appearance of a new powerful chess queen.","brand":"Govert Westerveld","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46222386921790,"sku":"9781326403645","price":1693.11,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4357\/7662\/products\/9781326403645_46a1a322-fdf6-42b3-ba40-4c7e99a0f73a.jpg?v=1707434325","url":"https:\/\/exclusivebooks.co.za\/products\/9781326403645","provider":"Exclusive Books Online","version":"1.0","type":"link"}