Lee Manion
Biographic Data
| ID | 5632578 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lee Manion |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lee |
| FAMILY NAME | Manion |
| SIGNATURE | MANION L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Missouri |
| ORCID | 0009-0008-0490-3043 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
English Literature and the Crusades
The study of English crusading literature experienced a significant boost in 2024 with the publication of Leila K. Norako's Monstrous Fantasies: England's Crusading Imaginary and the Romance of Recovery, 1300–1500 and this perceptive, nuanced book by Marcel Elias. English Literature and the Crusades establishes Elias as one of the foremost scholars on the subject while making a valuable contribution on postcolonial approaches to late medieval cul…
Translating the Globe in Scottish Alexander Romances
The Crusading Romance in Early Modern England
This essay addresses questions about genre, periodization, and conversion in early modern England by examining changes to the crusading romance. Despite their perceived Catholic leanings, the crusading romance and the romance in general were subsumed into a larger set of “heroical” narratives that bridged different forms. Lord Berners's Huon of Bordeaux (ca. 1515) and Richard Johnson's The Seven Champions of Christendom (1596–97) are popular pros…
Narrating the Crusades
In Narrating the Crusades, Lee Manion examines crusading's narrative-generating power as it is reflected in English literature from c.1300 to 1604. By synthesizing key features of crusade discourse into one paradigm, this book identifies and analyzes the kinds of stories crusading produced in England, uncovering new evidence for literary and historical research as well as genre studies. Surveying medieval romances including Richard Cœur de Lion, …
The Loss of the Holy Land and Sir Isumbras
In the late thirteenth century, western Europe suffered the notable disgrace of losing the last of the Christian strongholds in mainland Syria with the fall of Acre in 1291, and yet throughout the early fourteenth century Western powers were unable to launch a crusade to recover the Holy Land despite repeated and costly attempts. Until not long ago, historians of the crusades had interpreted the inaction of the fourteenth century as a sign that t…
The Loss of the Holy Land and Sir Isumbras
In the late thirteenth century, western Europe suffered the notable disgrace of losing the last of the Christian strongholds in mainland Syria with the fall of Acre in 1291, and yet throughout the early fourteenth century Western powers were unable to launch a crusade to recover the Holy Land despite repeated and costly attempts. Until not long ago, historians of the crusades had interpreted the inaction of the fourteenth century as a sign that t…
The Loss of the Holy Land and Sir Isumbras
In the late thirteenth century, western Europe suffered the notable disgrace of losing the last of the Christian strongholds in mainland Syria with the fall of Acre in 1291, and yet throughout the early fourteenth century Western powers were unable to launch a crusade to recover the Holy Land despite repeated and costly attempts. Until not long ago, historians of the crusades had interpreted the inaction of the fourteenth century as a sign that t…
Narrating the Crusades
In Narrating the Crusades, Lee Manion examines crusading's narrative-generating power as it is reflected in English literature from c.1300 to 1604. By synthesizing key features of crusade discourse into one paradigm, this book identifies and analyzes the kinds of stories crusading produced in England, uncovering new evidence for literary and historical research as well as genre studies. Surveying medieval romances including Richard Cœur de Lion, …
The Crusading Romance in Early Modern England
This essay addresses questions about genre, periodization, and conversion in early modern England by examining changes to the crusading romance. Despite their perceived Catholic leanings, the crusading romance and the romance in general were subsumed into a larger set of “heroical” narratives that bridged different forms. Lord Berners's Huon of Bordeaux (ca. 1515) and Richard Johnson's The Seven Champions of Christendom (1596–97) are popular pros…
Translating the Globe in Scottish Alexander Romances
English Literature and the Crusades
The study of English crusading literature experienced a significant boost in 2024 with the publication of Leila K. Norako's Monstrous Fantasies: England's Crusading Imaginary and the Romance of Recovery, 1300–1500 and this perceptive, nuanced book by Marcel Elias. English Literature and the Crusades establishes Elias as one of the foremost scholars on the subject while making a valuable contribution on postcolonial approaches to late medieval cul…
Classics (3 works) · History (3 works) · Medieval History and Crusades (3 works) · Medieval Literature and History (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Classics (2 works) · History (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · Middle Ages (2 works)