The Making of Crusading Heroes and Villains

Engaging the Crusades, Volume Four

Mike Horswell (Royal Holloway, University of London, UK), Kristin Skottki

$103

Hardback

Not in-store but you can order this
How long will it take?

Availability Information

We source books from suppliers in Australia and overseas. For books we don't currently have in stock, the time it takes to get them from our suppliers can vary widely - from a few days to a few months - so we check each book with each supplier to determine the expected time it will take to be supplied to us.

We then advise you accordingly. If the time taken to get any book is too long for you, you can let us know and we will cancel or adjust your order, and refund as required.

To find out the anticipated arrival time for specific items prior to ordering, please contact us by phone or email:

Phone +61 2 9264 3111, or 1800 4 BOOKS (1800 4 26657) if outside Sydney:
option 1 Abbey's Bookshop (Crime, History, Science, Kids & more) • info@abbeys.com.au
option 2 Language Book Centre (ESL & Foreign Languages) • language@abbeys.com.au
option 3 Galaxy Bookshop (Sci-fi, Fantasy, Romance, Graphic Novels) • sf@galaxybooks.com.au

QTY:

English

Routledge
01 July 2020

General & world history; Medieval history; Crusades

Series: Engaging the Crusades

Engaging the Crusades is a series of volumes which offer windows into a newly emerging field of historical study: the memory and legacy of the crusades. Together these volumes examine the reasons behind the enduring resonance of the crusades and present the memory of crusading in the modern period as a productive, exciting, and much needed area of investigation.

This new volume explores the ways in which significant crusading figures have been employed as heroes and villains, and by whom. Each chapter analyses a case study relating to a key historical figure including the First Crusader Tancred; ‘villains’ Reynald of Châtillon and Conrad of Montferrat; the oft-overlooked Queen Melisende of Jerusalem; the entangled memories of Richard ‘the Lionheart’ and Saladin; and the appropriation of St Louis IX by the British. Through fresh approaches, such as a new translation of the inscriptions on the wreath laid on Saladin’s tomb by Kaiser Wilhelm II, this book represents a significant cutting-edge intervention in thinking about memory, crusader medievalism, and the processes of making heroes and villains.

The Making of Crusading Heroes and Villains is the perfect tool for scholars and students of the crusades, and for historians concerned with the development of reputations and memory.

Edited by: Mike Horswell (Royal Holloway University of London UK), Kristin Skottki
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 216mm, Width: 138mm,
Weight: 740g
ISBN: 9780367264444
ISBN 10: 0367264447
Series: Engaging the Crusades
Pages: 132
Publication Date: 01 July 2020
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Introduction: making heroes and villains 1. ‘Most Excellent and Brave of Heart’: Tancred’s making and unmaking in the sources 2. The memorialisation of Queen Melisende of Jerusalem: from the medieval to the modern 3. Oppressor, martyr, and Hollywood villain: Reynald of Châtillon and the representation of crusading violence 4. ‘The Evil Genius of the Third Crusade’: Conrad of Montferrat, stereotype and scapegoat 5. Saladin and Richard the Lionheart: entangled memories 6. Saint Louis: a crusader king and hero for Victorian and First World War Britain and Ireland 7. The sultan, the Kaiser, the colonel, and the purloined wreath

Mike Horswell completed his PhD at Royal Holloway, University of London, and is the author of The Rise and Fall of British Crusader Medievalism, c.1825–1945 (2018). He is a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and is currently researching, teaching, and writing about the memory and use of the crusades in the modern era. Kristin Skottki is Junior Professor of Medieval History at the University of Bayreuth. She has published on the medieval and modern historiography of the First Crusade, as in her monograph Christen, Muslime und der Erste Kreuzzug (2015). Her current research focuses on late medieval piety and medievalism.