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Jerusalem in medieval narrative /
During the early medieval period, crusading brought about new ways of writing about the city of Jerusalem in Europe. By creating texts that embellished the historical relationship between the Holy City and England, English authors endowed their nation with a reputation of power and importance. In Je...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
©2008.
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| Colección: | Cambridge studies in medieval literature ;
72. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | During the early medieval period, crusading brought about new ways of writing about the city of Jerusalem in Europe. By creating texts that embellished the historical relationship between the Holy City and England, English authors endowed their nation with a reputation of power and importance. In Jerusalem in Medieval Narrative, Suzanne Yeager identifies the growth of medieval propaganda aimed at rousing interest in crusading, and analyses how fourteenth-century writers refashioned their sources to create a substantive (if fictive) English role in the fight for Jerusalem. Centring on medieval identity, this study offers assessments of some of the fourteenth century's most popular works, including English pilgrim itineraries, political treatises, the romances Richard, Coeur de Lion and The Siege of Jerusalem, and the prose Book of Sir John Mandeville. This study will be an essential resource for the study of medieval literary history, travel, crusade, and the place of Jerusalem. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (ix, 255 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-247) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511457616 0511457618 9780511454615 0511454619 1107199034 9781107199033 1281944939 9781281944931 9786611944933 6611944931 0511456301 9780511456305 0511483406 9780511483400 0511453590 9780511453595 |