The Cambridge Companion to the Literature of the Crusades

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.

Author: Anthony Bale
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 12/31/2018
Pages: 302
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.04h x 5.99w x 0.57d
ISBN13: 9781108464864
ISBN10: 1108464866
BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh