English Literature and the Crusades Anxieties of Holy War, 1291–1453 Elias

English Literature and the Crusades\n\nAnxieties of Holy War, 1291\u20131453\n\nMarcel Elias reveals medieval crusade culture's ambivalent, self-critical qualities, providing fresh perspectives on Middle English romance.\n\nMarcel Elias (Author)\n\n9781108832212, Cambridge University Press\n\nHardback, published 31 October 2024\n\n252 pages\n23.5 x 15.8 x 1.9 cm, 0.5 kg\n\n'\u2026 offers a rich, innovative analysis of European crusade discourse \u2026 will be of interest to both literary scholars and historians.' Siobhain Bly Calkin, Journal of Religious History\n\nThe period from the Maml\u016Bk reconquest of Acre (1291) to the Ottoman siege of Constantinople (1453) witnessed the production of a substantial corpus of Middle English crusade romances. Marcel Elias places these romances in dialogue with multifarious European writings to offer a novel account of late medieval crusade culture: as ambivalent and self-critical, animated by tensions and debates, and fraught with anxiety. Th]