The Lewis Chessmen Unmasked
Contents
Acknowledgements
Foreword by Jane Carmichael, National Museums Scotland
Introduction
The Lewis Chessmen: Unmasked
The Hoard’s Discovery
The Contents of the Hoard
Why Twelfth-century Scandinavian?
How Lewis?
Lewis and the Kingdom of the Isles
The Lewis Chessmen in Lewis
Analysing the Chessmen
From Trondheim
Playing Games
The Legacy
References and Research
About the Authors