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Playing cards were used in many ways before the renaissance in places like China. During the renaissance, Europe used cards to gamble, play games, and some cards were tarot cards.

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Other forms of Entertainment during the Renaissance 

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Other forms of Entertainment during the Renaissance 

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First used as play money during gambling

Other forms of entertainment during the renaissance were funny things people acted out

Jugglers, clowns, comics, puppeteers, and masked harlequins acted out funny characters

More types of entertainment included, jousting, dancing, poetry-reading, dramatic performances, hunting, riding, banqueting and concerts.

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Some cards are made for playing like gambling or games, but some were used in religion like tarot cards. But during the renaissance, all of these were used.

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The origin of playing cards were first in China before AD1000

Then they came over to Europe around 1360

Europe didn’t get the idea from China but the Mameluke empire of Egypt

*“The history of suitmarks demonstrates a fascinating interplay between words, shapes and concepts”*(Parlett)

During the renaissance, European cards were made

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Francesco Petrarch born in 1304 died 1375

He played a major in the use of cards during the Renaissance

Petearch mentioned dice and gambling in his writing often

He made use of cards in the games he created

Throughout Greek and Italy, tarot cards were used

A German monk named Johannes states that cards were used the year of his Lord MCCCLXXVII

The cards started out as for only the rich because they were hand printed

When the wood block printing system was invented, it made it easy to get