A Knight at the Movies
Medieval History on Film
By John Aberth
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- ISBN: 978-0-415-93886-0
- Binding: Paperback (also available in Hardback)
- Published by: Routledge
- Publication Date: 29th July 2003
- Pages: 336
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About the Book
Imagining the Middle Ages is an unprecedented examination of the historical content of films depicting the medieval period from the 11th to the 15th centuries. Historians increasingly feel the need to weigh in on popular depictions of the past, since so much of the public's knowledge of history comes from popular mediums. Aberth dissects how each film interpreted the period, offering estimations of the historical accuracy of the works and demonstrating how they project their own contemporary era's obsessions and fears onto the past.
About the Author(s)
John Aberthreceived his Ph.D. in medieval history from Cambridge University in England and teaches history at several colleges in Vermont. He is author of
From the Brink of the Apocalypse: Confronting Famine, War, Plague, and Death in the Later Middle Ages , also published by Routledge.
