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Informationen zum Autor Andrew Albin, Mary C. Erler, Thomas O'Donnell, Nicholas L. Paul, and Nina Rowe, Editors Klappentext An interdisciplinary collection of short, accessible essays intended for the non-specialist reader and ideal for teaching at an undergraduate level, this volume contains 22 essays examining how the medieval past has brought something distorted back into the present. Zusammenfassung An interdisciplinary collection of short! accessible essays intended for the non-specialist reader and ideal for teaching at an undergraduate level! this volume contains 22 essays examining how the medieval past has brought something distorted back into the present. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction David Perry | 1 Part I - Stories The Invisible Peasantry Sandy Bardsley | 14 The Hidden Narratives of Medieval Art Katherine Anne Wilson | 23 Modern Intolerance and the Medieval Crusades Nicholas L. Paul | 34 Blood Libel, a Lie and Its Legacies Magda Teter | 44 Who's Afraid of Shari'a Law? Fred M. Donner | 58 How Do We Find Out About Immigrants in Later Medieval England? W. Mark Ormrod | 69 The Middle Ages in the Harlem Renaissance Cord J. Whitaker | 80 Part II - Origins Three Ways of Misreading Thomas Jefferson's Qur'an Ryan Szpiech | 94 The Nazi Middle Ages William J. Diebold | 104 What Would Benedict Do? Lauren Mancia | 116 No, People in the Middle East Haven't Been Fighting Since the Beginning of Time Stephennie Mulder | 127 Ivory and the Ties That Bind Sarah M. Guérin | 140 Blackness, Whiteness, and the Idea of Race in Medieval European Art Pamela A. Patton | 154 England Between Empire and Nation in "The Battle of Brunanburh" Elizabeth M. Tyler | 166 Whose Spain Is It, Anyway? David A. Wacks | 181 Part III - #Hashtags Modern Knights, Medieval Snails, and Naughty Nuns Marian Bleeke | 196 Charting Sexuality and Stopping Sin Andrew Reeves | 208 "Celtic" Crosses and the Myth of Whiteness Maggie M. Williams | 220 Whitewashing the "Real" Middle Ages in Popular Media Helen Young | 233 Real Men of the Viking Age Will Cerbone | 243 #DeusVult Adam M. Bishop | 256 Own Your Heresy J. Patrick Hornbeck II | 265 Afterword : Medievalists and the Education of Desire Geraldine Heng | 275 Appendixes Appendix I: Possibilities for Teaching-by Genre | 293 Appendix II: Possibilities for Teaching-by Course Theme | 296 List of Contributors | 301 ...
