The Knight, the Cross, and the Song offers a new perspective on the driving forces of crusading in the period 1100-1400. Although religious devotion has long been identified as the primary motivation of those who took the cross, Stefan Vander Elst argues that it was by no means the only focus of the texts written to convince the warriors of Western Christianity to participate in the holy war. Vander Elst examines how, across three centuries, historiographical works that served as exhortations for the Crusade sought specifically to appeal to aristocratic interests beyond piety. They did so by appropriating the formal and thematic characteristics of literary genres favored by the knightly class, the chansons de geste and chivalric romance. By using the structure, commonplaces, and traditions of chivalric literature, propagandists associated the Crusade with the decidedly secular matters to which arms-bearers were drawn. This allowed them to introduce the mutual obligation between lord and vassal, family honor, the thirst for adventure, and even the desire for women as parallel and complementary motivations for Crusade, making chivalric and literary concerns an indelible part of the ideology and practice of holy war. Examining English, Latin, French, and German texts, ranging from the twelfth-century Gesta Francorum and Chanson d'Antioche to the fourteenth-century Krônike von Prûzinlant and La Prise d'Alixandre, The Knight, the Cross, and the Song traces the historical development and geographical spread of this innovative use of secular chivalric fiction both to shape the memory and interpretation of past events and to ensure the continuation of the holy war.
Описание: The culture in Corinth conflicted greatly with the lifestyle that the Apostle Paul proclaimed to those who chose to follow Jesus. In the same way, the church today is called to proclaim the gospel in every environment, showing the world what it looks like when we give our lives to Jesus.
Автор: Vander Spek Jim Название: Overcoming Lust ISBN: 1619040522 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781619040526 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 2344.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Science fiction films spend a great deal of time thinking about and exploring the future. What happens when the future starts to arrive faster than anyone ever expected? This work explores the seismic shift in subject matter and social focus of science fiction films released after the turn of the twenty-first century, discussing the new questions, concerns, and obsessions of a society hurtling quickly into a new technological age.Its focus on independent science fiction films allows for perspectives which are more daring, honest, and explorative than that of the blockbuster films of the same era. The book breaks down science fiction subgenres in over twenty chapters, including interviews with the filmmakers who created them. Join these filmmakers in journeying through space and time to find the heart of modern humanity.
Описание: This six-session small group Bible study, With All Your Heart, by noted historian, Ray Vander Laan, is volume ten of the That the World May Know series. In this volume, Vander Laan takes you through the desert experience and into the Promised Land.
Описание: Pack your bags. We`re going on a quest to uncover Scripture and its meaning across history. Filmed on location in Israel and throughout the Middle East, the That the World May Know DVD series led by Ray Vander Laan is a life-changing experience with the Bible to discover why Jesus turned the world upside down with his compelling call to follow him.
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