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English Literature and the Crusades

Anxieties of Holy War, 1291–1453

Elias, Marcel

Editorial: Cambridge University Press

Colección: Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature

Número de páginas: 280 págs.  22.9 x 15.2 cm  

Fecha de edición: 01-07-2024

EAN: 9781108832212

ISBN: 978-1-108-83221-2

Precio (sin IVA): 113,66 €

Precio (IVA incluído): 118,21 €

The period from the Mamlūk reconquest of Acre (1291) to the Ottoman siege of Constantinople (1453) witnessed the production of a substantial corpus of Middle English crusade romances. Marcel Elias places these romances in dialogue with multifarious European writings to offer a novel account of late medieval crusade culture: as ambivalent and self-critical, animated by tensions and debates, and fraught with anxiety. These romances uphold ideals of holy war while expressing anxieties about issues as diverse as God's endorsement of the crusading enterprise, the conversion of Christians to Islam, the sinfulness of crusaders, and the morality of violence. Reinvigorating debates in medieval postcolonialism, drawing on emotion studies, and excavating a rich multilingual archive, this book is a major contribution to the cultural history of the crusades.

 

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País de edición:
Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña
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