IMC 2018: Sessions
Session 1648: Engaging the Crusades, II: Playing Crusaders
Thursday 5 July 2018, 11.15-12.45
| Sponsor: | Routledge |
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| Organiser: | Kristin Skottki, Lehrstuhl für Mittelalterliche Geschichte, Universität Bayreuth |
| Moderator/Chair: | Felix Hinz, Historisches Institut, Universität Paderborn |
| Paper 1648-a | A Sacred Task, No Cross Required: The Image of Crusading in Non-Christian Fantasy and Science Fiction Settings (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Medievalism and Antiquarianism |
| Paper 1648-b | Reimagining Crusaders in Fantasy Video Games (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Medievalism and Antiquarianism |
| Paper 1648-c | Crusader Kings Too?: Representing the Crusades in Grand Strategy Computer Games (Language: English) Index terms: Crusades, Medievalism and Antiquarianism |
| Abstract | If a medieval phenomenon like the Crusades must be understood by reconsidering its later representations, it may prove helpful to examine the ways in which people have actively engaged with perceptions of the Crusades and ideas of crusading. This will also be a chance to deal with the question of how representations of the crusades relate to the mobilisation of crusading ideology and practice today. Recognising the influence on popular perceptions of the past that video games exert, this session examines ways in which viewing pseudo crusaders and participating in crusades virtually shapes the preconceptions of those themselves writing or consuming histories of the crusades. |