In 1423, the Franciscan friar St. Bernardino of Siena preac… - Richard Arnold Epstein

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In 1423, the Franciscan friar St. Bernardino of Siena preached a celebrated sermon against cards (Contra Alcarum Ludos) at Bologna, attributing their invention to the devil. Despite such ecclesiastic interdiction, Johannes Gutenberg printed playing cards the same year as his famous Bible (1440). The cards from Gutenberg's press were Tarot cards, from which the modern deck is derived.

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Richard Arnold Epstein (born 5 March 1927), also known under the pseudonym E. P. Stein, is a notable American game theorist.

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