IMC 2015: Sessions
Session 734: Biblical Exegesis in Medieval Chronicles, I: The First Crusade and the Liberation of the Holy Land
Tuesday 7 July 2015, 14.15-15.45
Organisers: | Nicholas E. Morton, School of Arts & Humanities, Nottingham Trent University Alan V. Murray, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
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Moderator/Chair: | Alan V. Murray, Institute for Medieval Studies, University of Leeds |
Paper 734-a | The Depiction of the Turks as Old Testament Enemies in First Crusade Chronicles (Language: English) Index terms: Biblical Studies, Crusades |
Paper 734-b | Ideas of Time and Age in the Sources of the Crusades (Language: English) Index terms: Biblical Studies, Crusades |
Paper 734-c | Muslim/Pagan Relations in the Old French Alexander Cycle (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Historiography - Medieval, Islamic and Arabic Studies |
Abstract | Medieval chronicles and other historiographical works are replete with Biblical references, ranging from explicit quotations from the Vulgate to opaque citations deriving from commentaries or liturgical texts. Such allusions served to demonstrate authors' theological credentials, their personal piety, but most importantly the Bible was the main source of moral and spiritual authority throughout the medieval Europe. In these sessions we explore approaches to biblical exegesis in works which were either written upon Christendom's frontiers or which discuss non-Christian peoples. Our papers focus especially on the Baltic and the Holy Land. |