- 124 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Engaging the Crusades is a series of concise volumes (up to 50,000 words) which offer initial windows into the ways in which the crusades have been used in the last two centuries, demonstrating that the memory of the crusades is an important and emerging subject. Together these studies suggest that the memory of the crusades, in the modern period, is a productive, exciting, and much needed area of investigation.
Despite their 'intrinsic internationalism', the crusades have long been conscripted for nationalist ends. The last decade has seen an upsurge in usage of the crusades to justify and inspire violence played out within and across national contexts. This volume furthers study of nationalist uses of the crusades and crusading by broadening the focus of study beyond north-western Europe and by showcasing different approaches to illustrate how the memory of the crusades has been employed within and between nations. This takes the form of tightly focused case studies and broader overviews covering the ambivalent role of foreign crusaders in Portuguese commemorations of the battle of Lisbon in 1947, Russian holy war rhetoric and theology, Zionist perceptions of the crusader castle of 'Athlit, the role of individuals as 'cultural brokers' of crusader heritage amidst European imperial competition, and how crusading as a part of European medievalism was received and reflected in Japan in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
This book will be of interest to scholars and students considering national identity, medievalism, and religious violence and to those with specific interest in the contexts of each chapter.
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half-Title Page
- Series Page I
- Series Page II
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Acknowledgements
- List of Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- Introduction: Crusade and Nation
- 1 ‘Heroes and Martyrs’?: National Memories and Foreign Crusaders in Portuguese Commemorations of the Eighth Centenary of the Conquest of Lisbon (1947)
- 2 The Tsar’s Crusade: Invented Holy War Tradition in Russia (1780–1920)
- 3 Perceptions of Crusader ‘Athlit in Zionist Writing (1887–1941)
- 4 Cultural Brokers in the Nationalisation of Crusader Architecture
- 5 Bushido, Chivalry, and the Crusades in Japan from the 1870s to the First World War
- Index