An Empire of Memory - The Legend of Charlemagne, Franks, Jerusalem Before First Crusade

Zusatztext a bold and interesting argument Informationen zum Autor Matthew Gabriele received his Ph.D. in History from the University of California, Berkeley. He has published widely on topics related to Charlemagne, kingship, and religiosity in the eleventh century. He has also co-edited, with Jace Stuckey, an interdisciplinary volume of essays on the medieval legend of Charlemagne entitled The Legend of Charlemagne in the Middle Ages: Power, Faith, and Crusade. His next project investigates how a shift in language signalled a change in how the West understood the relationship between past, present, and future. Klappentext Using the legend of Charlemagne, an often-overlooked current in early medieval thought, An Empire of Memory looks at how the contours of the relationship between East and West moved across centuries, particularly in the period leading up to the First Crusade. Zusammenfassung Using the legend of Charlemagne, an often-overlooked current in early medieval thought, An Empire of Memory looks at how the contours of the relationship between East and West moved across centuries, particularly in the period leading up to the First Crusade. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction: Looking for Charlemagne PART I: THE FRANKS REMEMBER EMPIRE 1: The Birth of a Frankish Golden Age 2: The Narratives of Charlemagne's Journey to the East before 1100 PART II: JERUSALEM 3: New Jerusalems and Pilgrimage to the East before 1100 PART III: THE FRANKS RECREATE EMPIRE 4: The Franks' Imagined Empire 5: The Franks Return to the Holy Land Bibliography

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Matthew Gabriele, Gabriele Matthew
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 12.05.2011
• EAN: 9780199591442
• ISBN: 978-0-19-959144-2
• Seiten: 202
• Abmessung: 159 mm x 241 mm x 13 mm
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte; Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Religion: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; Europe, European History, RELIGION / History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Middle East, History of Religion, Medieval History, c 1000 CE to c 1500, Social and cultural history, c 500 to c 1000 CE, European history: medieval period, middle ages, Specific wars and campaigns, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Crusades, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General