Medieval Iberian Crusade Fiction and the Mediterranean World (Hardcover)

Reading crusader fiction against the backdrop of Mediterranean history, this book explains how Iberian authors reimagined the idea of crusade through the lens of Iberian geopolitics and social history. The crusades transformed Mediterranean history and inaugurated complex engagements between Western Europe, the Balkans, North Africa, and the Middle East in ways that endure to this day. Narratives of crusades powerfully shaped European thinking about the East and continue to influence the representation of interactions between Christian and Muslim states in the region. The crusade, a French idea that gave rise to Iberian, North African, and Levantine campaigns, was very much a Mediterranean phenomenon. French and English authors wrote itineraries in the Holy Land, chronicles of the crusades, and fanciful accounts of Christian knights who championed the Latin Church in the East. This study aims to explore the ways in which Iberian authors imagined their role in the culture of crusade, both as participants and interpreters of narrative traditions of the crusading world from north of the Pyrenees.

General

Imprint:	University of Toronto Press
Country of origin:	Canada
Series:	Toronto Iberic
Release date:	August 2019
First published:	2019
Authors:	David A. Wacks
Dimensions:	231 x 152 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	296
ISBN-13:	978-1-4875-0501-1
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > Humanities > Archaeology > Archaeology by period / region > European archaeology > Medieval European archaeology Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Promotions
LSN:	1-4875-0501-9
Barcode:	9781487505011

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