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Writing the Holy land : the Franciscans of Mount Zion and the construction of a cultural memory, 1300-1550

Title
Writing the Holy land : the Franciscans of Mount Zion and the construction of a cultural memory, 1300-1550 / Michele Campopiano.
Author
Campopiano, Michele
Publication
  • Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
  • ©2020

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Description
xvii, 438 pages : illustrations; 21 cm.
Summary
The book shows how the Franciscans in Jerusalem in the fourteenth to sixteenth centuries wrote works which standardized the cultural memory of the Holy Land. The experience of the late medieval Holy Land was deeply connected to the presence of the Franciscans of the Convent of Mount Zion in Jerusalem, who welcomed and guided pilgrims. This book analyzes this work of construction of a shared memory based on the continuous availability of these texts in the Franciscan library of Mount Zion, where these texts were changed and adapted to respond to new historical contexts. It shows how the representation of the Holy Land developed by the Franciscans in these centuries as they elaborated on the history described different religious groups and the geography of the region. This book reveals how this representation was shared among pilgrims in the library of Mount Zion itself and beyond.
Series Statement
The new Middle Ages
Uniform Title
New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Subject
  • Franciscans > Jerusalem > History > To 1500
  • Franciscans > Jerusalem > History > 16th century
  • Franciscans
  • To 1599
  • Literature, Medieval > History and criticism
  • Collective memory > Jerusalem
  • Collective memory
  • Literature
  • Literature, Medieval
  • Palestine > In literature
  • Zion, Mount (Jerusalem)
  • Middle East > Jerusalem
  • Middle East > Jerusalem > Mount Zion
  • Middle East > Palestine
Genre/Form
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-421) and index.
Call Number
JFD 21-1780
ISBN
  • 9783030527730
  • 3030527735
OCLC
1222781320
Author
Campopiano, Michele, author.
Title
Writing the Holy land : the Franciscans of Mount Zion and the construction of a cultural memory, 1300-1550 / Michele Campopiano.
Publisher
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, [2020]
Copyright Date
©2020
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
The new Middle Ages
New Middle Ages (Palgrave Macmillan (Firm))
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-421) and index.
Chronological Term
To 1599
Other Form:
ebook version : 9783030527747
Research Call Number
JFD 21-1780
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