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245	0	4	_a Cambridge companion to the literature of the Crusades / _cedited by Anthony Bale, Birkbeck College, University of London.
264		1	_aCambridge, United Kingdom ; _aNew York, NY : _bCambridge University Press, _c2019-
300			_axvii, 281 pages, 23 cm
500			_aGBP 18.99 S02/118
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aVolume 1.
520			_a"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"-- _cProvided by publisher.
650		0	_aCrusades in literature.
700	1		_aBale, Anthony _d1975- _eeditor.
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