And by the time they reached England, the traditional suits of clubs and spaders were born, probably derived from the French clovers and pikes. In France, card makers introduced clovers, pikes, and tiles. They began printing cards with interesting symbols like hearts, acorns, bells, and shields. Between 14, card makers in Augsburg, Nuremberg, and Ulm began making printed decks, allowing people to purchase packs of cards for the first time.Īs manufacturers put the printing press to use, the popularity of cards grew even more, and their designs became increasingly complicated. By the middle of the fifteenth century, it started to turn into something that we would recognize now. Most of their creations revolved around the original playing coins, cups, and sticks – gaming apparatus of choice for much of the early middle-ages.Ĭard playing continued to develop as a discipline. They were still very much a work in progress, with artisan card makers still trying to figure out the best designs and deck configurations.
The cards, however, didn’t resemble the decks we know and love today. Ok, so that corner thing never has made sense, unless you’re talking about a rectangular playing card, which thankfully we are! A whole pack of them in fact.Ĭards arrived in Europe some time towards the end of the fourteenth century, making their appearance known in major cities, like Florence and Paris. Playing cards are thought to have first been introduced to the world in China before spreading across the globe to India, Persia, and ultimately every corner of this… sphere.
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