Part V. Louise D'Arcens. Part I. The Crusades and Medievalism / Elizabeth Lapina -- The Chanson de geste / Marianne Ailes -- The Troubadours and Their Lyrics / Linda Paterson -- Part II. Contexts and Communities: Rome, Byzantium, and the Idea of Holy War / Connor Wilson -- Women's Writing and Cultural Patronage / Helen J. Nicholson -- Reading and Writing in Outremer / Anthony Bale -- Hebrew Crusade Literature in Its Latin and Arabic Contexts / Uri Zvi Shachar -- Part III. Themes and Images: The Earthly and Heavenly Jerusalem / Suzanne M. Yeager -- Orientalism and the 'Saracen' / Lynn Ramey -- Chivalry, Masculinity, and Sexuality / Matthew M. Mesley -- Part IV. Heroes: Saladin and Richard I / Christine Chism -- 'El Cid' (Rodrigo D?iaz de Vivar) / Julian Weiss -- Charlemagne, Godfrey of Bouillon, and Louis IX of France / Anne Latowsky -- Part V. Afterlives: Romance and Crusade in Late Medieval England / Robert Rouse -- Renaissance Crusading Literature: Memory, Translation, and Adaptation / Lee Manion -- The Crusades and Medievalism / Louise D'Arcens.
Summary:
"How were the crusades, and the crusaders, narrated, described, and romanticised by the various communities that experienced or remembered them? This Companion provides a critical overview of the diverse and multilingual literary output connected with crusading over the last millennium, from the first writings which sought to understand and report on what was happening, to contemporary Medievalism in which crusading is a potent image of holy war and jihad. The chapters show the enduring legacy of the crusaders' imagery, from the chansons de geste to Walter Scott, from Charlemagne to Orlando Bloom. Whilst the Crusaders' hold on Jerusalem was relatively short-lived, the desire for Jerusalem has had a long afterlife in many cultural contexts and media"---Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.