03825oam 2200841I 450 991045376940332120200520144314.00-415-80309-80-203-95852-71-135-47164-910.4324/9780203958520 (CKB)2550000001159617(EBL)1542460(OCoLC)862613648(SSID)ssj0001041437(PQKBManifestationID)12394103(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001041437(PQKBWorkID)11045268(PQKB)10021332(MiAaPQ)EBC1542460(Au-PeEL)EBL1542460(CaPaEBR)ebr10797586(CaONFJC)MIL542821(OCoLC)868977807(EXLCZ)99255000000115961720180706d2005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSaracens and the making of English identity the Auchinleck manuscript /Siobhain Bly CalkinNew York :Routledge,2005.1 online resource (313 p.)Studies in medieval history and cultureStudies in medieval history and cultureDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-97241-8 1-306-11570-1 Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-292) and index.The perils of proximity: Saracen knights, sameness, and differentiation -- Saracens and she-wolves: foreign consorts and group identity -- Monstrous intermingling and miraculous conversion: negotiating cultural borders in the King of Tars -- Saracens and English Christian identity in Seynt Katerine and Seynt Mergrete -- Saracens, Englishness, and productive violence in Of Arthour and Of Merlin.This book explores the ways in which discourses of religious, racial, and national identity blur and engage each other in the medieval West. Specifically, the book studies depictions of Muslims in England during the 1330s and argues that these depictions, although historically inaccurate, served to enhance and advance assertions of English national identity at this time. The book examines Saracen characters in a manuscript renowned for the variety of its texts, and discusses hagiographic legends, elaborations of chronicle entries, and popular romances about Charlemagne, Arthur, and various EngStudies in Medieval History and CultureEnglish literatureIslamic influencesIslam and literatureEnglandHistoryTo 1500National characteristics, English, in literatureRomances, EnglishHistory and criticismRomances, EnglishManuscriptsManuscripts, MedievalEnglandManuscripts, English (Middle)Saracens in literatureCrusades in literatureIslamic EmpireForeign public opinion, EnglishIslamic EmpireIn literatureElectronic books.English literatureIslamic influences.Islam and literatureHistoryNational characteristics, English, in literature.Romances, EnglishHistory and criticism.Romances, EnglishManuscripts.Manuscripts, MedievalManuscripts, English (Middle)Saracens in literature.Crusades in literature.820.9/38297Calkin Siobhain Bly1973-,938755MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453769403321Saracens and the making of English identity2115835UNINA