The Crusades and the Far-Right in the Twenty-First Century

Engaging the Crusades, Volume Nine
Herausgeber: Gauthier, Charlotte

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume explores how crusading rhetoric, iconography, and historiography have been purposed by far-right, nationalist, and related groups in the recent past.

Produktdetails

• Engaging the Crusades
• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 102
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. September 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 142mm x 224mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 262g
• ISBN-13: 9780367470432
• ISBN-10: 0367470438
• Artikelnr.: 70943096

Autorenporträt

Charlotte Gauthier is Thornley Fellow at the Institute of Historical Research. Her research interests include the diplomatic and intellectual history of the later crusades, and the modern uses of crusading imagery and memory.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: Contesting the 'Misuse' of History 1. 'Bad Crusader': Bohemond
the Scholars
and the Christchurch Shooter 2. Ordo Militaris Inc.: A Modern 'Military Order'
Medieval History
and Historical 'Authenticity' 3. British Newspapers
Brexit
and the Little Crusaders of Middle England 4. One Foot in Europe and the Other in Dixie: Neo-Confederates
Holy War
Chivalry
and the Crusades 5. Knives in the Dark and the Death of History: Validating the Far-Right's Middle Ages through Assassin's Creed