A Knight at the Movies: Medieval History on Film

ISBN-13: 9780415938853 / Angielski / Twarda / 2003 / 344 str.

John Aberth;Aberth John

Opis

A Knight at the Movies is an examination of the historical content of films depicting the medieval period from the 11th to the 15th centuries.

Recenzje

"This is an ambitious and exciting book. The 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

Spis treści

Prologue 1 The Holy Grail of Hollywood: King Arthur Films 2 Lights! Camera! Pillage!: Viking Films 3 God (and the Studio) Wills It!: Crusade Films 4 Splendid in Spandex: Robin Hood Films 5 Welcome to the Apocalypse: Black Death Films 6 Movies and the Maid: Joan of Arc Films Afterword For Further Reading Index

O autorze

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 the Brink of the Apocalypse: Confronting Famine, War, Plague, and Death in the Later Middle Ages , also published by Routledge.