The Middle Ages and the Movies: Eight Key Films by Bartlett, Robert

The Middle Ages and the Movies: Eight Key Films (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781789145526)

Vendor: Robert Bartlett
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Format: Hardcover
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The Middle Ages and the Movies: Eight Key Films by Bartlett, Robert

The Middle Ages and the Movies: Eight Key Films

$27.50
The Middle Ages and the Movies: Eight Key Films by Bartlett, Robert

The Middle Ages and the Movies: Eight Key Films

$27.50
Format: Hardcover
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From Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal to Monty Python, an investigation into how eight key films have shaped our understanding of the medieval world.

In The Middle Ages and the Movies, eminent historian Robert Bartlett takes a fresh, cogent look at how our view of medieval history has been shaped by eight significant films of the twentieth century. The book ranges from the concoction of sex and nationalism in Mel Gibson's Braveheart, to Fritz Lang's silent epic Siegfried, the art-house classic The Seventh Seal, and the epic historical drama El Cid. Bartlett examines the historical accuracy of these films, as well as other salient aspects--how was Umberto Eco's Name of the Rose translated from page to screen? Why is Monty Python and the Holy Grail funny? And how was Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky shaped by the Stalinist tyranny under which it was filmed?

Author: Robert Bartlett
ISBN-10: 178914552X
ISBN-13: 9781789145526
Publisher: Reaktion Books
Language: English
Published: 06/28/2022
Pages: 256
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.10d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 06/17/2022 pg. 1
By Robert Bartlett
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Robert Bartlett is the Bishop Wardlaw Professor of Mediaeval History Emeritus at the University of St Andrews, Scotland. His many books include the Wolfson Prize-winning The Making of Europe: Conquest, Colonization and Cultural Change 950-1350. He has also written and presented three television series for the BBC: Inside the Medieval Mind, The Normans, and The Plantagenets.

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