Medieval film / edited by Anke Bernau and Bettina Bildhauer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bernau, Anke, editor.

Bildhauer, Bettina, editor.

Series:

Manchester Film Studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Middle Ages in motion pictures.

Civilization, Medieval, in motion pictures.

Historical films--History and criticism.

Historical films.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 241 pages) : illustrations (black and white), digital, PDF file(s)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Manchester : Manchester University Press, 2025.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This title explores theoretical questions about the ideological, artistic, emotional and financial investments in cinematic renditions of the medieval period.

Contents:

List of figures

List of contributors

Acknowledgments

The a-chronology of medieval film (Bettina Bildhauer and Anke Bernau)

1. Cinematic authenticity-effects and medieval art: a paradox (Sarah Salih)

2. Forward into the past: film as a medieval medium (Bettina Bildhauer)

3. A time of translation: linguistic difference and cinematic medievalism (Carol O’Sullivan)

4. ‘Poison to the infant, but tonic to the man’: timing The Birth of a Nation (Anke Bernau)

5. The medieval imaginary in Italian films (Marcia Landy)

6. Towards a theory of medieval film music (Alison Tara Walker)

7. Border skirmishes: weaving around the Bayeux Tapestry and cinema in Robin Hood, Prince of Thieves and El Cid (Richard Burt)

8. Medieval noir: anatomy of a metaphor (John Ganim)

9. ‘Medievalism’, the period film and the British past in contemporary cinema (Andrew Higson)

Further reading

Notes:

Previously issued in print: 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and information supplied online (viewed on January 8, 2026).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-5261-4167-1

OCLC:

1467874790