Primero | The History Behind This 16th Century Gambling Card Game

Primero was a 16th century gambling card game similar to modern day poker! The first written mention of this game was from 1526.
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There were variants of this game described by primary sources, which sometimes contradict each other. This game's origins were either Spanish or Italian. Based on my research, if I had to venture a guess, I would say that this game's origins were Italian.
Did you know that Shakespeare made a reference to this card game in the Merry Wives of Windsor!? Check out this video to see exactly what was said in which act and scene!
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Picture credit:
"Card Players" by Lucas van Leyden (1525): en.wikipedia.o...
"Four Gentlemen of High Rank Playing Primero" (16th century): en.wikipedia.o...
"The Card Players" (circa 1550-1599): www.nga.gov/co...
Works Cited:
Du Coeur, Justin. “Game Report: Primero.” jducoeur.com/ga....
Minsheu, John. Pleasant and Delightfull Dialogues in Spanish and English. cvc.cervantes.....
“Primero.” en.wikipedia.o....
Shakespeare, William. Merry Wives of Windsor. www.infoplease....
Suzuki, Jeff A. “Primero: A Renaissance Cardgame.” math.bu.edu/IND....
Justin du Coeur’s Cheat Sheet:
jducoeur.com/ga...
For anyone curious about what exactly the 'SCA' is -- The Society for Creative Anachronism is an international, non-profit educational organization that studies and recreates the medieval and Renaissance years of 600-1600AD.
For more information and to locate your local branch, please check out www.sca.org
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[@LynneFairchild]

Do you enjoy playing card games?

[@GrumpyKitten375]

Thank you so much for this! You uncover such interesting and diverse topics. Also you provide such interesting applications for this and also the research is really well done. I appreciate those in the SCA or other recreationist group who actually break out of the status quo of what is research and re-created. Thank you

[@LynneFairchild]

Glad it was helpful!

[@theespjames4114]

Love the renaissance.
I wonder if the men and women gambled while playing together or if there were social norms on women gambling? Also how did the church view gambling?
Thanks for another interesting historical adventure

[@LynneFairchild]

Glad you enjoyed the video! At least in historical fiction books, men and women gambled together in public. I'm not sure how the Church viewed gambling (that could be another fun rabbit hole to go down).