Medieval Empires and the Culture of Competition : Literary Duels at Islamic and Christian Courts
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Medieval Empires and the Culture of Competition : Literary Duels at Islamic and Christian Courts

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Medieval Empires and the Culture of Competition : Literary Duels at Islamic and Christian Courts

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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 cultureā€”who best qualified as a poet, the function of race and religion in forming a courtier, what languages to use in which official ceremoniesā€”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.

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Information

Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Year
2017
eBook ISBN
9781474425247
Topic
History
Subtopic
European History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Medieval Empires and the Culture of Competition
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgements and Note on Arabic Transliterations
  6. Abbreviations
  7. Introduction: Courtly Gifts, Imperial Rewards
  8. 1 ā€˜Baghdad is to Cities What the Master is to Mankindā€™: The Rise of Vizier Culture
  9. 2 The Sovereign and the Foreign: Creating Saladin in Arabic Literature of the Counter-Crusade
  10. 3 Alfonso X: Poetry of Miracles and Domination
  11. 4 Saladino Rinato: Spanish and Italian Courtly Fictions of Crusade
  12. Conclusion: The Ministry of Culture
  13. Bibliography
  14. Index