The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of the Crusades

Herausgeber: Bale, Anthony

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume offers a literary and cultural history of the idea of crusading over the last millennium.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 306
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Januar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 598g
• ISBN-13: 9781108474511
• ISBN-10: 1108474519
• Artikelnr.: 54804587

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Genres: 1. Chronicles Elizabeth Lapina
2. Chansons de geste Marianne Ailes
3. The troubadours and their lyrics Linda Paterson
Part II. Contexts and Communities: 4. Rome, Byzantium, and the Idea of Holy War Connor Wilson
5. Women's writing and patronage Helen Nicholson
6. Reading and writing in Outremer Anthony Bale
7. Hebrew crusade literature in its Latin and Arabic contexts Uri Zvi Shachar
Part III. Themes and Images: 8. The earthly and heavenly Jerusalem Suzanne Yeager
9. Orientalism and the 'Saracen' Lynn Ramey
10. Chivalry, masculinity, and sexuality Matthew Mesley
Part IV. Heroes: 11. Richard the Lionheart and Saladin Christine Chism
12. 'El Cid' (Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar) Julian Weiss
13. Charlemagne, Godfrey of Bouillon, and Louis IX of France Anne Latowsky
Part V. Afterlives: 14. Romance and crusade in Late Medieval England Robert Rouse
15. Renaissance crusading literature Lee Manion
16. Crusading and medievalism Louise D'Arcens.