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The siege of Jerusalem in its physical, literary, and historical contexts / Bonnie Millar.
Van Pelt Library PR2065.S53 M55 2000
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- 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
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