Monstrous fantasies: England's crusading imaginary and the romance of recovery, 1300-1500
"In the wake of the Muslim capture of Acre in 1291, literary works began to circulate around Europe that fantasized not only about the Christian European reconquest of the Holy Land but the wholesale conversion or slaughter of the 'infidels' who lived there. In medieval England-the fo...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Ithaca, New York London
Cornell University Press
[2024]
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
English language
/ Literature
/ Crusades (Motif)
/ Islamophobia (motif) (Motif)
/ Xenophobia (motif) (Motif)
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| Further subjects: | B
Romances, English
History and criticism
B Crusades in literature B Xenophobia in literature B Violence in literature B Literature and society (England) History To 1500 B Islamophobia in literature |
| Parallel Edition: | Electronic
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| Summary: | "In the wake of the Muslim capture of Acre in 1291, literary works began to circulate around Europe that fantasized not only about the Christian European reconquest of the Holy Land but the wholesale conversion or slaughter of the 'infidels' who lived there. In medieval England-the focus of this book-these texts repurposed Arthurian and Charlemagne legends and historical romances to give voice to this trauma, cultural anxiety, and murderous xenophobia, even influencing Chaucer's Canterbury Tales."-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Physical Description: | xiv, 327 Seiten |
| ISBN: | 978-1-5017-7631-1 |
