Ecumenical Mysticism: On Conversion in the Eastern Tradition of Ordene de Chevalerie
Abstract Historians celebrate the Old French Ordene de Chevalerie as an important landmark in the history of French nobility. The version of Ordene that most scholars have studied showcases Saladin’s interest in Christian chivalry but stops short of his actual dubbing. An often-neglected prose recen...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2021
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Medieval encounters
Année: 2021, Volume: 27, Numéro: 2, Pages: 165-195 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
L' ordene de chevalerie
/ Saladin, Aijubidenreich, Sultan 1137-1193
/ Chevalier
/ Interreligiosité
/ Mysticisme
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| Classifications IxTheo: | AX Dialogue interreligieux CB Spiritualité chrétienne CG Christianisme et politique KAE Moyen Âge central KBG France KBL Proche-Orient et Afrique du Nord |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Crusades
B Mediterranean B Chivalry B Mysticism B inter-religious encounters |
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| Résumé: | Abstract Historians celebrate the Old French Ordene de Chevalerie as an important landmark in the history of French nobility. The version of Ordene that most scholars have studied showcases Saladin’s interest in Christian chivalry but stops short of his actual dubbing. An often-neglected prose recension of this tale that first appeared in an oriental history of Outremer goes a step further, imagining the sultan to have truly become a knight “in the Christian fashion.” This version of the story, I argue, portrays Christian dubbing not only as a ceremony through which young aristocrats were admitted into a society of warriors, but also as an instrument for spiritual ascent that non-Christians could experience without renouncing their own faith. As such, the story echoes the widespread near-eastern trope of ecumenical mysticism, in which members of various faiths were seen to partake in mystical practices that belonged to neighboring traditions. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-0674 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Medieval encounters
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15700674-12340099 |
