Before revision: A key proponent of this argument was Bruce Holsinger, who studied the use of orientalist and medievalist language in the discourse of the post-9/11 'war on terror', arguing that American neoconservatives had harnessed medievalism to win popular support for foreign policy and military actions that undermined state sovereignty and the international rule of law.Bruce Holsinger, Neomedievalism, Neoconservatism, and the War on Terror, Paradigm, 29 (Chicago: Prickly Paradigm Press, 2007).Victoria Elizabeth Cooper, 'Fantasies of the North: Medievalism and Identity in Skyrim' (unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Leeds, 2016).
After revision: The Elder Scrolls V:A key proponent of this argument was Bruce Holsinger, who studied the use of orientalist and medievalist language in the discourse of the post-9/11 'war on terror', arguing that American neoconservatives had harnessed medievalism to win popular support for foreign policy and military actions that undermined state sovereignty and the international rule of law.Bruce Holsinger, Neomedievalism, Neoconservatism, and the War on Terror, Paradigm, 29 (Chicago: Prickly Paradigm Press, 2007).Victoria Elizabeth Cooper, 'Fantasies of the North: Medievalism and Identity in Skyrim' (unpublished Ph.D. thesis, University of Leeds, 2016).