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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_chess#cite_ref-Vale...

> Peter Alfonsi, in his work Disciplina Clericalis, listed chess among the seven skills that a good knight must acquire.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disciplina_clericalis

> Disciplina clericalis is a book by Petrus Alphonsi. Written in Latin at the beginning of the 12th century, it is a collection of 33 fables and tales and is the oldest European book of its kind.

The English translation - https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Disciplina_Clericalis

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Disciplina_Clericalis/Tale_4

> Then, the accomplishments are: Riding, swimming, archery, boxing, the chase, chess, writing verse. The virtues (industriae) are: not to be a glutton, a drunkard, a sybarite, not to be given to violence, to lying, covetous, and of evil life." The disciple: "At the present time I do not believe there is any man of this kind."

The latin passage (from https://la.wikisource.org/wiki/Disciplina_clericalis ):

> Probitates vero hae sunt: Equitare, natare, sagittare, cestibus certare, aucupare, scaccis ludere, versificari.



Glad to see that unrealistic job application requirements have been around for centuries.


I’ve applied for almost 120 knight jobs in the last two years. Several of them require 30 years experience at both swimming and poetry, which is absurd. It’s possible I’m being rejected due to my drunkard status tbh.


This was already gold but went platinum with: "At the present time I do not believe there is any man of this kind."


I could probably beat any of them in chess.


I’d be willing to compete as a sybarite. Not in chess, mind you. Just plain… sybarition.




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