The New Crusaders: Images Of The Crusades In The Nineteenth And Early Twentieth Centuries

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This is the first comprehensive study of the use, abuse and development of the crusade image in popular and high culture in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Drawing upon a diverse range of sources, mainly from the British Isles, but with parallels from Western Europe and North America, the author shows the different approaches to the history of the crusading movement and crusade images taken by the historian, composer, artist and author. The New Crusaders Contents The Nineteenth Century General Editors’ Preface Introduction 1 Crusade historiography 2 The crusade ancestor and hero 3 Travellers and plenipotentiaries 4 Crusading warfare 5 First world war 6 A crusade miscellany 7 Scott and the crusades 8 The crusades in literature 9 Popular historical fiction and tales for children 10 Art and the crusades 11 Music and the crusades Conclusion Salles des croisades at Versailles - list of subjects and artists Select Bibliography Index