Playing the Crusades - Engaging the Crusades, Volume Five (Hardcover)

Engaging the Crusades is a series of volumes which offer windows into a newly emerging field of historical study: the memory and legacy of the crusades. Together these volumes examine the reasons behind the enduring resonance of the crusades and present the memory of crusading in the modern period as a productive, exciting, and much needed area of investigation. This volume considers the appearance and use of the crusades in modern games; demonstrating that popular memory of the crusades is intrinsically and mutually linked with the design and play of these games. The essays engage with uses of crusading rhetoric and imagery within a range of genres - including roleplaying, action, strategy, and casual games - and from a variety of theoretical perspectives drawing on gender and race studies, game design and theory, and broader discussions on medievalism. Cumulatively, the authors reveal the complex position of the crusades within digital games, highlight the impact of these games on popular understanding of the crusades, and underline the connection between the portrayal of the crusades in digital games and academic crusade historiography. Playing the Crusades is invaluable for scholars and students interested in the crusades, popular representations of the crusades, historical games, and collective memory.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Engaging the Crusades
Release date:	March 2021
First published:	2021
Editors:	Robert Houghton
Dimensions:	216 x 138 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	112
ISBN-13:	978-0-367-26441-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > 500 to 1500 Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > General Books > Social sciences > Warfare & defence > War & defence operations > Battles & campaigns Books > History > History of specific subjects > Military history Books > History > World history > 500 to 1500
LSN:	0-367-26441-2
Barcode:	9780367264413

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