Jerusalem in medieval narrative
By: Suzanne M. Yeager.
Series: Cambridge studies in medieval literature -- no. 72
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cambridge; New York
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780521877923
Subjects: Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Jerusalem -- Early works to 1800; Christian shrines -- Jerusalem -- Early works to 1800; Jerusalem -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800; Jerusalem -- In literature
Genres: Early works to 1800.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Texts and contexts; title: Pilgrimage to Jerusalem : three accounts by English authors; title: Craving heritage : portrayals of Richard I and the English quest for Jerusalem in Richard, Coeur de Lyon; title: The crusade of the soul in the siege of Jerusalem; title: The book of Sir John Mandeville : text of pilgrimage and spiritual reform; title: Beyond the celestial and terrestrial Jerusalem : the Promised Land in western christendom.