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...
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International audienceThe frequency of the conversion of ancient pagan cult places into churches has...
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This article compares two narrations about idol destruction at formerly pagan shrines in late antiqu...
In 2006, Yitzhak Hen published an article under the title »Charlemagne’s Jihad«, proposing that Char...
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In 2006, Yitzhak Hen published an article under the title »Charlemagne’s Jihad«, proposing that Char...
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