Medievalists.net » Kingdom of Heaven http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Staging Medievalisms: Touching the Middle Ages through Contemporary Performance http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/13/staging-medievalisms-touching-middle-ages-contemporary-performance/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/13/staging-medievalisms-touching-middle-ages-contemporary-performance/#comments Tue, 13 May 2014 21:40:14 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=49581 Examining the Middle Ages through modern eyes: movies, TV, stage, tourism and books. How do we perform the Middle Ages?

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/05/13/staging-medievalisms-touching-middle-ages-contemporary-performance/feed/ 0 Cutting and Running from the (Medieval) Middle East: The Mises-hors-scène of Kingdom of Heaven’s Double DVDs http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/23/cutting-and-running-from-the-medieval-middle-east-the-mises-hors-scene-of-kingdom-of-heavens-double-dvds/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/23/cutting-and-running-from-the-medieval-middle-east-the-mises-hors-scene-of-kingdom-of-heavens-double-dvds/#comments Sat, 23 Nov 2013 10:13:49 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45149 Cutting and Running from the (Medieval) Middle East: The Mises-hors-scène of Kingdom of Heaven’s Double DVDs Richard Burt 15 | 2007 : Le Moyen Âge mis en scène : perspectives contemporaines Abstract “There is no escaping the parallels with our time, when leaders who try to make peace are admired, but their efforts are subverted by […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/11/23/cutting-and-running-from-the-medieval-middle-east-the-mises-hors-scene-of-kingdom-of-heavens-double-dvds/feed/ 0 Warrior Geopolitics: Gladiator, Black Hawk Down and the Kingdom of Heaven http://www.medievalists.net/2009/12/26/warrior-geopolitics-gladiator-black-hawk-down-and-the-kingdom-of-heaven/ http://www.medievalists.net/2009/12/26/warrior-geopolitics-gladiator-black-hawk-down-and-the-kingdom-of-heaven/#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 05:17:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=5962 Ridley Scott's three movies, "Gladiator", "Black Hawk Down" and most recently "The Kingdom of Heaven" explore the morality and identity of warriors. They do so in exotic landscapes and settings that emphasize the confrontation with danger as external and frequently unknowable and political violence as something that has complicated geographies.

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