[DOC] [TLE] Jack (playing card) - Wikipedia [PAR] A Jack or Knave is a playing card which, in traditional French and English decks, 
pictures a ... The King-Queen-Valet format then made its way into England. ... The 
Knave card had been called a Jack as part of the terminology of the game ... in 
Charles Dickens's novel Great Expectations: "He calls the knaves, Jacks, this boy
! [DOC] [TLE] Why are Jacks called Jacks? - The International Playing-Card Society [PAR] Jun 8, 2007 ... Why is the jack called a jack, rather than a prince or earl or another nobleman? ... 
Thus we have the idea of rank increasing with the sequence of cards, ... 
Originally, in England, the court cards were called king, queen and... [DOC] [TLE] Knaves & Jacks  The Word Detective [PAR] Aug 23, 2012 ... But I do know that the terms knave and jack in cards both refer to the ... a 
knave first appeared on playing cards in the mid-1500s, but the card ... for the 
card (and still is more commonly used in Britain), most likely ... the knave/jack has 
been promoted to royalty and is called nasich ... We depend on you! [DOC] [TLE] Jack cards: Why are Jacks called Jacks? - SayWhyDoI.com [PAR] Oct 31, 2011 ... Playing Card Design iPhone 4 Case speckcase. Have you ever played cards and 
suddenly wondered why we call the Jack cards Jacks? [DOC] [TLE] jack | playing card | Britannica.com [PAR] ...dating back to 17th-century England and first mentioned in The Complete 
Gamester of Charles Cotton in 1674. The face card formerly known as the knave
... [DOC] [TLE] What is a Jack, as in the playing card? - Off-Topic - Off-Topic ... [PAR] Sep 22, 2011 ... I've been playing card games for about 40 years about I don't think I ever ... to 
shed light on this mystery to know what they call jacks in other languages. In 
Spanish it is called a Sota, which I believe means helper. ... Actually, when I was 
in UK, some years ago as a student, and played some cards with a... [DOC] [TLE] A Brief History of Playing Cards - White Knuckle Playing Cards [PAR] Introduction of playing cards to Europe and development of the English court 
card. ... In the Royal Household are Kings, Queens and Jacks, and another fellow 
who plays a cameo in games here and there known as the Joker. .... The practice 
began in 17th century England when, under the reign of King James 1st, a duty... [DOC] [TLE] Design History: The Art of Playing Cards | Design Shack [PAR] Nov 7, 2011 ... Playing cards have been around in some form or another dating all the ... time: 
Parisian (popular in France) and Rouennais (popular in England), ... The four 
card suits that we are familiar with, hearts, diamonds, clubs and ... Before this, the 
Jack card was more commonly referred to as a Knave or Knight. [DOC] [TLE] Playing cards: History, Symbols and Mathematics - Numericana [PAR] The four court cards: Ace, king, queen, jack (king, queen, cavalier, page). ... The 
World of Playing Cards (UK) | Alta Carta: Artistic Tarots ... and Nines" (T'ien-kiu) 
using a type of playing cards known as dotted cards (teen tsze pae). ..... was 
burned at the stake for witchcraft, because she heard voices and answered their 
call. [DOC] [TLE] Euchre: historic card game described by David Parlett [PAR] By the "history" of a game we can mean either (1) its origins and evolution, that is, 
... He notes that the two trump Jacks are called "Bauern" (= farmers) and the 
winning of all ... in England (sermon by Archbishop Latimer, 1529), and later, in 
England, Ruff. ..... This article was first published in "The Playing-Card" (Journal 
of the... [DOC] [TLE] Face card - definition of

Question: The playing card we call the jack is called this in England
Answer: Knave