A Knight at the Movies by John Aberth

A Knight at the Movies by John Aberth

Imagining the Middle Ages is an unprecedented examination of the historical content of films depicting the medieval period from the 11th to the 15th centuries. Historians increasingly feel the need to weigh in on popular depictions of the past, since so much of the public's knowledge of history comes from popular mediums. Aberth dissects how each film interpreted the period, offering estimations of the historical accuracy of the works and demonstrating how they project their own contemporary era's obsessions and fears onto the past.

"This is an ambitious and exciting bookThe author combines very up-to-date historiography -- some of it controversial but all of it interesting -- with a sensitive and deep appreciation of the art of the films. Any teacher of film or medieval studies should make use of this valuable resource." -- Jeremy duQuesnay Adams, Southern Methodist University

John Aberthreceived his Ph.D. in medieval history from Cambridge University in England and teaches history at several colleges in Vermont. He is author of From theBrink of the Apocalypse: Confronting Famine, War, Plague,and Death in the Later Middle Ages , also published by Routledge.

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ISBN 13	9780415938853
ISBN 10	0415938856
Titel	A Knight at the Movies
Autor	John Aberth
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Bindungsart	Hardback
Verlag	Routledge
Erscheinungsjahr	2003-07-29
Seitenanzahl	344
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