Jack (playing card) traditional ranking of cards, where the ace or king generally occupied the first rank. This is seen in the earliest known European card games, such as Karnöffel, as well as in more recent ones such as Euchre. Games with such promotion include: Jack (playing card) A jack or knave is a playing card which, in traditional French and English decks, pictures a man in the traditional or historic aristocratic dress generally associated with Europe of the 16th or 17th century. The usual rank of a jack, within its suit, plays as if it was an 11 (that is, between the
Lancelot de Casteau multiple writers starting in the 18th century, but the last copy was thought to have been destroyed during the Napoleanic wars. In 1958, a private party offered a copy to the Royal Library of Belgium, which bought it. This is the only known copy. It is the first cookbook published in French in the Low Countries, and is intermediate between medieval cuisine and the haute cuisine of the 17th century. It contains early recipes for whipped cream and choux pastry. Lancelot de Casteau Lancelot de Casteau or de Chasteau or de Chestea, also known as Anseau de Chestea (died 1613)