The siege of Jerusalem in its physical, literary, and historical contexts / Bonnie Millar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Millar, Bonnie.

Series:

Medieval studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Siege of Jerusalem (Middle English poem).

Literature and history.

History.

Jerusalem--History--Siege, 701 B.C--Historiography.

Jerusalem.

Literature and history--History--To 1500.

Romances, English--History and criticism.

Romances, English.

Mother and child in literature.

Antisemitism in literature.

Jerusalem--In literature.

Cannibalism in literature.

Crusades in literature.

Sieges in literature.

Physical Description:

251 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Dublin ; Portland, OR : Four Courts Press, [2000]

Contents:

1 The Manuscript Contexts of 'the Siege of Jerusalem' 15

Vindicta Salvatoris 42

Roger D'Argenteuil's Bible en Francois 56

Josephus, Hegesippus and Higden's Polychronicon 60

3 Transmission of Material: the Motif of Mother-Child Cannibalism 76

Structural Anthropology and Myth 76

Christ's Body, the Virgin Mary and Medieval Society 81

Comparison of Texts 85

4 'Titus and Vespasian' and 'the Siege of Jerusalem' 105

5 The Influence of Anti-Judaism and Anti-Semitism 141

Crusading Literature 147

Accounts of the Siege of Jerusalem 150

Literary Representations of the Enemies of Christendom 155

6 Romance, Historiography and Religious Narrative 181

Romance 182

Romance and Historiography 191

Romance and Religious Narrative 197

Comparison of Texts 203.

Notes:

Appendix (p. 233-240) contains two passages from the poem transcribed by the author from the extant manuscripts.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1851825061

OCLC:

42273896