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      • Edited by Anthony Bale, Birkbeck College, University of London
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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      14 December 2018
      03 January 2019
      ISBN:
      9781108672832
      9781108474511
      9781108464864
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108672832
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.62kg, 302 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.51kg, 302 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Literature, Area Studies, European History 1000-1450, English Literature: General Interest, History, Anglo Saxon and Medieval Literature, European Studies
      Series:
      Cambridge Companions to Literature
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    Subjects:
    Literature, Area Studies, European History 1000-1450, English Literature: General Interest, History, Anglo Saxon and Medieval Literature, European Studies
    Series:
    Cambridge Companions to Literature
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    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.

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    'The quality and variety of the contributors’ scholarship make it an important resource for instructors and students (preferably graduate), both as a critical source and as an incitement to further study.'

    Thomas H. Crofts Source: Studies in Medieval and Renaissance Teaching

    ‘… significantly contributes to scholarship on crusading literature and its intersections with medieval studies. … I will … be ordering it for the library and recommending it to my students.’

    Hülya Taflı Düzgün Source: Journal of the Medieval Mediterranean

    ‘The quality of Bale’s Companion is assured by the credentials of the book’s authors; the superlative scholarship of the contributors; extensive footnotes; a list of further readings; a timeline; and an index. … a sweeping guide to scholars, students, and even general readers interested in the crusades and the vast and varied literary outputs they inspired.’

    Alaaeldin Mahmoud Source: Modern Language Review

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    • 1 - Crusader Chronicles
      pp 11-24
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    • 5 - Women’s Writing and Cultural Patronage
      pp 72-84
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