Singing the crusades : French and Occitan lyric responses to the crusading movements, 1137-1336 /

"The crusading movements provoked a vast and diverse mass of reactions in the medieval West. While Latin sources provide official versions of its preaching, organisation and events, the vernacular lyrics of the troubadours and trouvères present a secular perspective, through a cornucopia of on...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Paterson, Linda M. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Old French
Old Provençal
Published: Cambridge ; Rochester, NY, USA : D.S. Brewer, [2018]
Subjects:
To 1500
Crusades in literature.
French poetry > To 1500 > History and criticism.
Occitan poetry > History and criticism.
Croisades dans la littérature.
Poésie française > Jusqu'à 1500 > Histoire et critique.
Poésie occitane > Histoire et critique.
HISTORY > World.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Medieval.
Crusades in literature
French poetry
Occitan poetry
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Literary criticism
Literary criticism.
Critiques littéraires.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Early expeditions
  • After Damascus : reconquest, settlement and pilgrimage
  • The Third Crusade [1187-1192]
  • The aftermath of the Third Crusade
  • The Fourth Crusade and aftermath
  • The Fifth Crusade, of Damietta, and the Albigensian Crusade
  • Frederick II and the Sixth Crusade
  • The 'False Crusade' : The Albigensian war of 1224-1233
  • The Barons' Crusade, or the Crusade of Thibaut de Champagne
  • The Seventh Crusade, or the First Crusade of Saint Louis
  • The Eighth Crusade, or the Second Crusade of Saint Louis
  • After Saint Louis
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix A. The words to say it : the Crusading rhetoric of the troubadours and trouvères
  • Appendix B. Chronology of events and texts
  • Appendix C. Melodies attested in the MSS.

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