Perceptions of the Crusades From the Nineteenth to the Twenty-First Century : Engaging the Crusades, Volume One

Engaging The Crusades Is A Series Of Volumes Which Offer Windows Into A Newly Emerging Field Of Historical Study: The Memory And Legacy Of The Crusades. Together These Volumes Examine The Reasons Behind The Enduring Resonance Of The Crusades And Present The Memory Of Crusading In The Modern Period As A Productive, Exciting And Much Needed Area Of Investigation. Perceptions Of The Crusades From The Ninetenth To The Twenty-first Century Explores The Ways In Which The Crusades Have Been Used In The Last Two Centuries, Including The Varying Deployment Of Crusading Rhetoric And Imagery In Both The East And The West. It Considers The Scope And Impact Of Crusading Memory From The Nineteenth And Into The Twentieth Century, Engaging With Nineteenth-century British Lending Libraries, Literary Uses Of Crusading Tales, Wartime Postcard Propaganda, Memories Of Saladin And Crusades In The Near East And The Works Of Modern Crusade Historians. Demonstrating The Breadth Of Material Encompassed By This Subject And Offering Methodological Suggestions For Continuing Its Progress, Perceptions Of The Crusades From The Ninetenth To The Twenty-first Century Is Essential Reading For Modern Historians, Military Historians And Historians Of Memory And Medievalism. "Engaging the Crusades is a series of volumes which offer windows into a newly-emerging field of historical study: the memory and legacy of the crusades. Together these volumes examine the reasons behind the enduring resonance of the crusades and present the memory of crusading in the modern period as a productive, exciting and much needed area of investigation. Perceptions of the Crusades from the Ninetenth to the Twenty-First Century explores the ways in which the crusades have been used in the last two centuries, including the varying uses of crusading rhetoric and imagery in both the East and West. It considers the scope and impact of crusading memory from the nineteenth and into the twentieth century, engaging with nineteenth-century British lending libraries; literary uses of crusading tales; wartime postcard propaganda; memories of Saladin and crusades in the Near East; and the works of modern crusade historians. Demonstrating the breadth of material encompassed by this subject and offering methodological suggestions for continuing its progress, Perceptions of the Crusades from the Ninetenth to the Twenty-First Century is essential reading for modern historians, military historians and historians of memory."--Provided by publisher Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 3 Copyright Page 7 Contents 8 List of figures 10 Acknowledgements 12 Abbreviations 13 List of contributors 14 Introduction: engaging the crusades 16 1 The crusades: nineteenth-century readers’ perspectives 22 2 Creating chivalrous imperial crusaders: the crusades in juvenile literature from Scott to Newbolt, 1825–1917 42 3 ‘May God punish England!’: pseudo-crusading language and Holy War motifs in postcards of the First World War 63 4 ‘Unity! Unity between all the inhabitants of our lands!’: the memory and legacy of the crusades and Saladin in the Near East, c.1880 to c.1925 94 5 The dead, the revived and the recreated pasts: ‘structural amnesia’ in representations of crusade history 122 Index 148 Perceptions of the Crusades from the Ninetenth to the Twenty-First Century explores the ways in which the crusades have been used in the last two centuries, including the varying uses of crusading rhetoric and imagery in both the East and West. It considers the scope and impact of crusading memory from the nineteenth and into the twentieth century, engaging with nineteenth-century British lending libraries; literary uses of crusading tales; wartime postcard propaganda; memories of Saladin and crusades in the Near East; and the works of modern crusade historians. It is essential reading for modern historians, military historians and historians of memory"-- Provided by publisher