Laurence W. MARVIN, The Occitan War. A Military and Political History of the Albigensian Crusade, 1209-1218, Cambridge, Cambridge U.P., 2008 ; 1 vol. in-8°, XXVI-328 p. ISBN : 978-0-521-87240-9. Prix : GBP 55.
Does crusade literature exist? It is difficult to make any definition of “crusade literature” because of its tremendous heterogeneity, enhanced by its propensity to expansion: inclusion in this category has, in fact, relied for a long time on criteria that are inconsistent from a formal point of...
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| Accés en línia: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sumari: | Does crusade literature exist?
It is difficult to make any definition of “crusade literature” because of its tremendous
heterogeneity, enhanced by its propensity to expansion: inclusion in this category
has, in fact, relied for a long time on criteria that are inconsistent from a formal point
of view, even if highly satisfactory imaginatively. Later, its academic consecration
was established without any prior thinking about narrative forms and linguistic
preconceptions. One is therefore entitled to be interested in the formal characteristics
of this body of literature and consider setting up some elements of definition on a
firmer basis. |
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