Medieval Iberian Crusade Fiction and the Mediterranean World

by David A Wacks and David A. Wacks

Reading crusader fiction against the backdrop of Mediterranean history, this book explains how Iberian authors reimagined the idea of crusade through the lens of Iberian geopolitics and social history. The crusades transformed Mediterranean history and inaugurated complex engagements between Western Europe, the Balkans, North Africa, and the Middle East in ways that endure to this day. Narratives of crusades powerfully shaped European thinking...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487505019
• ISBN13: 9781487505011
• Release Date: August 2019
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher