LEADER 03857oam 2200853I 450 001 9910807246903321 005 20240131152220.0 010 $a1-135-47171-1 010 $a0-415-80309-8 010 $a0-203-95852-7 010 $a1-135-47164-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203958520 035 $a(CKB)2550000001159617 035 $a(EBL)1542460 035 $a(OCoLC)862613648 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001041437 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12394103 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001041437 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11045268 035 $a(PQKB)10021332 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1542460 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1542460 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10797586 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL542821 035 $a(OCoLC)868977807 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB134965 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001159617 100 $a20180706d2005 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSaracens and the making of English identity $ethe Auchinleck manuscript /$fSiobhain Bly Calkin 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2005. 215 $a1 online resource (313 p.) 225 1 $aStudies in medieval history and culture 225 0$aStudies in medieval history and culture 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-97241-8 311 $a1-306-11570-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 275-292) and index. 327 $aThe 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. 330 $aThis book explores the ways in which discourses of religious, racial, and national identity blur and engage each other in the medieval West. Specifically, the book studies depictions of Muslims in England during the 1330s and argues that these depictions, although historically inaccurate, served to enhance and advance assertions of English national identity at this time. The book examines Saracen characters in a manuscript renowned for the variety of its texts, and discusses hagiographic legends, elaborations of chronicle entries, and popular romances about Charlemagne, Arthur, and various Eng 410 0$aStudies in Medieval History and Culture 606 $aEnglish literature$xIslamic influences 606 $aIslam and literature$zEngland$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aNational characteristics, English, in literature 606 $aRomances, English$xHistory and criticism 606 $aRomances, English$xManuscripts 606 $aManuscripts, Medieval$zEngland 606 $aManuscripts, English (Middle) 606 $aSaracens in literature 606 $aCrusades in literature 607 $aIslamic Empire$xForeign public opinion, English 607 $aIslamic Empire$xIn literature 615 0$aEnglish literature$xIslamic influences. 615 0$aIslam and literature$xHistory 615 0$aNational characteristics, English, in literature. 615 0$aRomances, English$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aRomances, English$xManuscripts. 615 0$aManuscripts, Medieval 615 0$aManuscripts, English (Middle) 615 0$aSaracens in literature. 615 0$aCrusades in literature. 676 $a820.9/38297 700 $aCalkin$b Siobhain Bly$f1973-,$01657305 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807246903321 996 $aSaracens and the making of English identity$94010659 997 $aUNINA