The New Crusaders: Images of the Crusades in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (Nineteenth Century Series)

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 3 Contents 5 The Nineteenth Century General Editors’ Preface 7 Introduction 9 1 Crusade historiography 13 2 The crusade ancestor and hero 51 3 Travellers and plenipotentiaries 76 4 Crusading warfare 85 5 First world war 99 6 A crusade miscellany 116 7 Scott and the crusades 138 8 The crusades in literature 157 9 Popular historical fiction and tales for children 176 10 Art and the crusades 187 11 Music and the crusades 201 Conclusion 214 Salles des croisades at Versailles - list of subjects and artists 234 Select Bibliography 238 Index 247