{"product_id":"singing-the-crusades-linda-paterson-9781843846000","title":"Singing the Crusades: French and Occitan Lyric Responses to the Crusading Movements, 1137-1336","description":"A full-scale survey of crusading lyrics in Old French and Occitan. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe crusading movements provoked a vast and diverse mass of reactions in the medieval West. While Latin sources provide official versions of its preaching, organisation and events, the vernacular lyrics of the troubadours and trouv鑽es present a secular perspective, through a cornucopia of on-the-spot responses in France, Occitania, Italy, the Iberian Peninsula, Cyprus, Syria and Greece.\u003cbr\u003e This book constitutes the first comprehensive, modern analysis of Old French and Occitan lyric texts relating to the crusades. It brings out their full range, from propaganda for the crusades, to criticisms of crusading and crusaders through vituperation, humour or cynicism, to their use as apretext for political or personal wrangling. It also shows how they shed light on many aspects of medieval life, among them chivalric and courtly values (often in tension with clerical ones), regional politics, sexual behaviour, personal experiences of crusading and captivity, the complex interaction of Christians, Greeks and Muslims, and bafflement in the face of failure and God's imponderable purposes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Linda Paterson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1843846004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781843846000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Boydell \u0026amp; Brewer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/16\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 350\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.09lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.73d","brand":"Linda Paterson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43982337605887,"sku":"9781843846000","price":38.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_85f0d0d8-ea7e-44a8-8e1e-f604a2ffc7bf.jpg?v=1683260577","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/singing-the-crusades-linda-paterson-9781843846000","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}