Narcís Vinyoles, also Narciso Viñoles (between 1442 and 1447 – 1517) was a poet, lawyer and politician from

Valencia, Spain Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...

. He was twice appointed to the post of Justicia Civil, the supreme judge in civil cases, and in 1495, King Ferdinand II recommended him for Justicia Criminal. He was married to

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, niece of the banker

Luis de Santángel Luis de Santángel (died 1498) was a third-generation ''converso'' in Spain during the late fifteenth century. Santángel worked as ''escribano de ración'' to King Ferdinand II and Queen Isabella I of Spain which left him in charge of the Roya ...

who financed the voyage of

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. Vinyoles was fluent in Catalan,

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, and

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, even composing poems in Italian. Although he was a native Valencian/Catalan speaker, he praised the "clean, elegant, and graceful Castilian Spanish" and called his own native language "a barbaric tongue". For this, he has been reviled as "the first traitor to the Valencian country and language". Vinyoles is one of the authors of ''

Scachs d'amor ''Scachs d'amor'' (, meaning "Chess of Love"), whose complete title is ''Hobra intitulada scachs d'amor feta per don Francí de Castellví e Narcis Vinyoles e mossén Fenollar'', is the name of a poem written by Francesc de Castellví, Bernat Fe ...

'' or ''Chess of Love'', a poem based on a

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where he (as Venus) took the black (green in the poem) pieces and lost to Francesc de Castellví (as Mars, playing red, i.e. white), while

Bernat Fenollar Bernat Fenollar, also Mossèn (Bernat de) Fenollar ( Penàguila, Valencian Community, 1438 – Valencia, 28 February 1516) was a poet, cleric and chess player from Valencia, Spain. He was an abbot (the title "Mossèn" was often given to clergymen), ...

(as Mercury) comments and establishes the rules. It is the first documented game played with the modern

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, at least concerning the moves of the

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and

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