European national poetry,Islam and the defeat of the medievalChurch
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6307262 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Aberbach (McGill University Montreal Canada, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 18 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 603-623 |
| Publication date | 2012-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Nations and Nationalism (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1345-5078 • E-ISSN: 1469-8129 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1469-8129.2012.00549.x |
| OpenAlex | W2121430049 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 22 |
TheMuslim conquest of theHolyLand fromChristendom, the invasion of southwesternEurope in the eighth century, and theChristian struggle, ultimately unsuccessful, to regain theHolyLand fromIslam in theCrusades dominatedEuropean culture, particularly its poetry, for centuries. From theOldFrench epic,TheSong ofRoland(c. 1100) to theAlbanian epic,TheHighlandLute(early twentieth century), a vast popular culture grew inEuropean vernacular languages in response toMuslim invasions and conquests. This article attempts to elucidate in panoramic form a neglected area of nationalism. It argues that from the medieval period until the fall of theOttoman empire, poetry was instrumental in the rise ofEuropean national identities, partly in reaction to centuries of ascendancy of Islam, which undermined the authority of thePope, the universalChurch, theGospel andLatin. The defeat of the medievalChurch opened the way to narrower, more national and cultural concerns, reflected in a cluster of vernacularEuropean poetic traditions
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| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |