Theorizing Medieval Race : Saracen Representations In Old French Literature

In a wide-ranging study of Old French texts from c.1150-1350, Victoria Turner explores how racial identity is not only paradoxical but even fluid in the medieval Christian literary imagination, where Arthurian heroes may have Saracen ancestors and where a Saracen may set an example of good Christian behaviour.

• | Author: Victoria Turner
• | Publisher: Legenda
• | Publication Date: Sep 23, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 228 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 1781886679
• | ISBN-13: 9781781886670