'The quality and variety of the contributors' scholarship make it an important resource for instructors and students (preferably graduate), both as a critical source and as an incitement to further study.' Thomas H. Crofts, Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching

'… significantly contributes to scholarship on crusading literature and its intersections with medieval studies. … I will … be ordering it for the library and recommending it to my students.' Hülya Taflı Düzgün, Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean

'The quality of Bale's Companion is assured by the credentials of the book's authors; the superlative scholarship of the contributors; extensive footnotes; a list of further readings; a timeline; and an index. … a sweeping guide to scholars, students, and even general readers interested in the crusades and the vast and varied literary outputs they inspired.' Alaaeldin Mahmoud, Modern Language Review

How were the Crusades, and the crusaders, narrated, described, and romanticised by the various communities that experienced or remembered them? This Companion provides a critical overview of the diverse and multilingual literary output connected with crusading over the last millennium, from the first writings which sought to understand and report on what was happening, to contemporary medievalism, in which crusading is a potent image of holy war and jihad. The chapters show the enduring legacy of the crusaders' imagery, from the chansons de geste to Walter Scott, from Charlemagne to Orlando Bloom. Whilst the crusaders' hold on Jerusalem was relatively short-lived, the desire for Jerusalem has had a long afterlife in many cultural contexts and media.
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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.
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This volume offers a literary and cultural history of the idea of crusading over the last millennium.

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ISBN
9781108474511
Publisert
2019-01-03
Utgiver
Cambridge University Press
Vekt
620 gr
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
157 mm
Dybde
19 mm
Aldersnivå
P, U, 06, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
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Antall sider
302

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