Le baptême du roi « païen » dans les épopées de la Croisade
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4088978 |
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| Authors | John Tolan (0000-0003-2649-2261, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 217 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 707-731 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Revue de l histoire des religions (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0035-1423 • E-ISSN: 2105-2573 |
| Publisher | PERSEE Program (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.3406/rhr.2000.1024 |
| OpenAlex | W1996433443 |
| Language | FR |
| References cited | 2 |
The Baptism of a Pagan King in the Epics of the Crusades Why do medieval crusade epics and chronicles portray Muslim adversaries as pagan idolaters ? Kerbogha, atabeg of Mosul, was routed outside of Antioch in June 1098. Western chroniclers present him as Corbaran, a pagan king who curses his idols for failing to secure victory for him. The "Chrétienté Corbaran" goes further : it has him convert to Christianity, destroy the idols he once worshiped, and fight his former suzerain, the « Caliph of Paganism ». At the end of the thirteenth century, in spite of the failure of the crusades, the anonymous poet dreams of converting a powerful enemy. History, it seems, repeats itself : Muslim rulers are cast in the familiar guise of pagan kings who (as potential new Constantines) might convert and come to the aid of an embattled Christendom
Ancient history · Art · Baptism · Christianity · Humanities · Paganism · Political science · Theology · Victory · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Byzantine Studies and History · Classics · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Law · Philosophy
| Highly cited | No |
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