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John
Aberth.
A Knight at the Movies: Medieval History on Film.
London:
Routledge, Aug 2003.
304pp.
Publisher's
recommended price
Hardback ISBN
0415938856, £60.00
Paperback
ISBN 0415938864, £16.99
A
Knight at the
Movies is an examination of the historical content of films
depicting
the medieval period from the eleventh to the fifteenth centuries.
Historians
increasingly feel the need to make reference to 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.
Contents:
Part
1: For the Literary Minded Chapter 1 The Bogey Monk: Notre-Dame de
Paris
by Victor Hugo Chapter 2 Redemptive Violence: The Legend of St.
Julianthe
Hospitallier by Gustav Flaubert Chapter 3 The Rebellious Lovers:
Kristin
Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset Chapter 4 Soaring Pride: The Spire by
William
Golding Chapter 5 The Unhappy Wanderer: Narcissus and Goldmund by
Hermann
Hesse Part 2: The Cinematic Treatment Chapter 6 Our Nation's Heroes:
Alexander
Nevsky by Sergei Eisenstein, El Cid by Anthony Mann, and Braveheart by
Mel Gibson Chapter 7 The Beseiged Loner: The War Lord by Franklin
Schaffner
Chapter 8 Lovable (and Un-Lovable) Outlaws: The Adventures of Robin
Hood
by Michael Curitz and William Keighley and Flesh and Bone by Paul
Verhoeven
Chapter 9 Welcome to the Apocalypse: The Seventh Seal by Ingmar Bergman
Chapter 10 The Case for Animal Accountability: The Advocate by Leslie
Megahey
Part 3: From Page to Screen Chapter 11 The Medieval Detective: The Name
of the Rose by Umberto Eco and Jean-Jaques Annauad Chapter 12 The
Incurable
Romantic: Ivanhoe by Sir Walter Scott and Richard Thorpe Chapter 13
Woman
of the Century: St.Joan by George Bernard Shaw and Otto Preminger
Chapter
14 The Two Henry's: Becket by Joan Anouilh and Peter Glenville, and The
Lion in Winter by James Goldman and Anthony Harvey Chapter 15 The
Soldier
King: Henry V by William Shakespeare, Lawrence Olivier and Kenneth
Brannagh
Appendix: An Interview with Charlton Heston.
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