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Medievalism and Orientalism: Three Essays on Literature, Architecture and Cultural Identity

✍ Scribed by John M. Ganim (auth.)


Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan US
Year
2008
Tongue
English
Leaves
165
Series
The New Middle Ages
Edition
1
Category
Library

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✦ Synopsis


This unique study traces fundamental parallels between medieval European and Middle Eastern cultures. By examining sources in cultural history, literature, and architecture, this book reveals mutual influences evident in the development of the current conception of the Middle Ages.

✦ Table of Contents


Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
Introduction....Pages 1-15
The Middle Ages as Genre....Pages 17-55
The Middle Ages as Genealogy, or, the White Orient....Pages 57-81
The Middle Ages as Display....Pages 83-107
Back Matter....Pages 109-156

✦ Subjects


History of Medieval Europe; European History; Modern History; History of Britain and Ireland; Ancient History; Social History


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