Medieval Empires and the Culture of Competition
Literary Duels at Islamic and Christian Courts
Seiten
2019
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-2523-0 (ISBN)
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-2523-0 (ISBN)
A probing inquiry into medieval court struggles, this book examines the Persian Buyids’ takeover of the great Arab caliphate in Iraq, the counter-Crusade under Saladin, and the literature of sovereignty in Spain and Italy at the cusp of the Renaissance.
A probing inquiry into medieval court struggles, this book shows the relationship between intellectual conflict and the geopolitics of empire. It examines the Persian Buyids’ takeover of the great Arab caliphate in Iraq, the counter-Crusade under Saladin, and the literature of sovereignty in Spain and Italy at the cusp of the Renaissance. The question of high culture—who best qualified as a poet, the function of race and religion in forming a courtier, what languages to use in which official ceremonies—drove much of medieval writing, and even policy itself. From the last moments of the Abbasid Empire, to the military campaign for Jerusalem, to the rise of Crusades literature in spoken Romance languages, authors and patrons took a competitive stance as a way to assert their place in a shifting imperial landscape.
A probing inquiry into medieval court struggles, this book shows the relationship between intellectual conflict and the geopolitics of empire. It examines the Persian Buyids’ takeover of the great Arab caliphate in Iraq, the counter-Crusade under Saladin, and the literature of sovereignty in Spain and Italy at the cusp of the Renaissance. The question of high culture—who best qualified as a poet, the function of race and religion in forming a courtier, what languages to use in which official ceremonies—drove much of medieval writing, and even policy itself. From the last moments of the Abbasid Empire, to the military campaign for Jerusalem, to the rise of Crusades literature in spoken Romance languages, authors and patrons took a competitive stance as a way to assert their place in a shifting imperial landscape.
Samuel England is Assistant Professor of Arabic at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He has published articles in Mediterranean Studies and Middle Eastern Literatures.
Note on Arabic Translations
Abbreviations
Introduction: Courtly Gifts, Imperial Rewards
"Baghdad is to Cities what the Master is to Mankind": The Rise of Vizier Culture
The Sovereign and the Foreign: Creating Saladin in Arabic Literature of the Counter-Crusade
Alfonso X: Poetry of Miracles and Domination
Saladino Rinato: Spanish and Italian Courtly Fictions of Crusade
Conclusion: The Ministry of Culture
Bibliography
| Erscheinungsdatum | 05.06.2019 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Gewicht | 375 g |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Islam | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4744-2523-2 / 1474425232 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4744-2523-0 / 9781474425230 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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