The legend of Charlemagne in the middle ages: power, faith, and Crusade

This interdisciplinary collection uses the legend of Charlemagne to explore larger themes in the European Middle Ages, such as crusading, conceptions of kingship, and apocalyptic expectation. ÍNDICE: - Greatness Contested and Confirmed: The Raw Materials of the Charlemagne Legend; T. F. X. Noble - KAROLVS MAGNVS or KAROLVS FELIX: The Making of Charlemagneb s Reputation and Legend; P. E. Dutton - Part One: Memories of Carolingian Kingship - Al-Hakim, Charlemagne and the Destruction of the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem in the Writings of Ademar of Chabannes; D. F. Callahan - Godfrey of Bouillon vs. Raymond of Saint-Gilles: How CarolingianKingship Trumped Millenarianism at the End of the First Crusade; J. Rubenstein Charlemagneb s Legacy and Anglo-Norman Imperium in Henry of Huntingdonb s Historia Anglorum; W. M. Hoofnagle - Part Two: Modeling the Man - Charlemagne asSaint? Relics and the Choice of Window Subjects at Chartres Cathedral; E. Pastan - Charlemagne as Crusader: Memory, Propaganda, and the Many Uses of Charlemagneb s Legendary Expedition to Spain; J. Stuckey - Charlemagne as Bungler: Requests for Visual Evidence in the Descriptio qualiter and the Voyage of Charlemagne; A. Latowsky -

• ISBN: 978-0-230-60826-9
• Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 200
• Fecha Publicación: 28/11/2008
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés