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Bloody Good - Chivalry, Sacrifice, and the Great War (Hardcover, 2nd Ed.)
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Bloody Good - Chivalry, Sacrifice, and the Great War (Hardcover, 2nd Ed.)
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In the popular imagination, World War I stands for the horror of
all wars. The unprecedented scale of the war and the mechanized
weaponry it introduced to battle brought an abrupt end to the
romantic idea that soldiers were somehow knights in shining armor
who always vanquished their foes and saved the day. Yet the concept
of chivalry still played a crucial role in how soldiers saw
themselves in the conflict.
Here for the first time, Allen J. Frantzen traces these chivalric
ideals from the Great War back to their origins in the Middle Ages
and shows how they resulted in highly influential models of
behavior for men in combat. Drawing on a wide selection of
literature and images from the medieval period, along with
photographs, memorials, postcards, war posters, and film from both
sides of the front, Frantzen shows how such media shaped a
chivalric ideal of male sacrifice based on the Passion of Jesus
Christ. He demonstrates, for instance, how the wounded body of
Christ became the inspiration for heroic male suffering in battle.
For some men, the Crucifixion inspired a culture of revenge, one in
which Christ's bleeding wounds were venerated as badges of valor
and honor. For others, Christ's sacrifice inspired action more in
line with his teachings--a daring stay of hands or reason not to
visit death upon one's enemies.
Lavishly illustrated and eloquently written, "Bloody Good" will be
must reading for anyone interested in World War I and the influence
of Christian ideas on modern life.
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