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Marcel Elias, "English Literature and the Crusades: Anxieties of Holy War, 1291-1453" (Cambridge UP, 2024)

New Books in Intellectual History

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The Muslim Challenger Turned Convert

Elias discusses the recurring figure of a Muslim warrior who converts and how that character addresses Christian anxieties about power and virtue.

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