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"A probing inquiry into medieval court struggles, this book shows the relationship between intellectual conflict and the geopolitics of empire. It examines the Persian Buyids' takeover of the great Arab caliphate in Iraq, the counter-Crusade under Saladin, and the literature of sovereignty...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: England, Samuel (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2017]
Colección:Edinburgh scholarship online.
Temas:
Hof, ...
To 1500
Authors, Medieval > Language.
Courts and courtiers > History > To 1500.
Language and languages > Political aspects > History > To 1500.
Literature, Medieval > History and criticism.
Politics and literature > History > To 1500.
Littérature médiévale > Histoire et critique.
Écrivains médiévaux > Langage.
HISTORY > World.
COMPUTERS / Internet / Social Media
Courts and courtiers
Language and languages > Political aspects
Literature, Medieval
Politics and literature
Gerichtssprache
Kultur
Literatur
Reich
Mittelmeerraum
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: courtly gifts, imperial rewards
  • 'Baghdad is to cities what the master is to mankind': the rise of vizier culture
  • The sovereign and the foreign: creating Saladin in Arabic literature of the Counter-Crusade
  • Alfonso X: poetry of miracles and domination
  • Saladino Rinato: Spanish and Italian courtly fictions of Crusade
  • Conclusion: the Ministry of Culture.

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