Medievalism, Politics and Mass Media - 9781843844631

Medievalism, Politics and Mass MediaAppropriating the Middle Ages in the Twenty-First Century\nAuthor(s): Andrew B R Elliott\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: D.S. Brewer\nISBN-13: 9781843844631, 978-1843844631\nSynopsis\nAn exploration of how the Middle Ages are manipulated ideologically in today's communication.\n\nIn 2001, George Bush provoked global uproar by describing the nascent War on Terror as a \""Crusade\"". His comments, however, were welcomed by Al-Qaeda, who had long been describing Western powers in precisely the same terms, as modern Crusaders once again invading the Middle East. Ten years later in 2011, Anders Behring Breivik launched a tragic attack in Norway, killing 77 unarmed civilians, mostly teenagers. Breivik saw himself as a Templar Knight, a member of a group of knights allegedly resurrected in London in 2002 by one \""Lionheart\"". Later investigations suggested that the blogger, Lionheart, might have had links to .