The Siege of Jerusalem

Tür:

Kitap Bölümü

Yazar:

Malcolm Hebron

Yayın yılı:

1997

Yayıncı:

Oxford University Press

This chapter explores medieval texts on the siege of Jerusalem by the Romans in 70 ad. The treatments in Middle English of the matter of the capture and destruction of Jerusalem illustrate the variations that could be made on the theme of the siege by writers. Material which had evolved from a mixture of historical and religious writings of the early medieval period appealed to later audiences for several reasons: the story of the siege combines piety and religious meaning with a narrative of crusading warfare and chivalry, in which God is seen to triumph over his enemies. While accepting the basic idea of the siege as God's vengeance, writers responded to the different aspects of the siege in different ways. This book explores these different treatments in the texts Titus and Vespasian, The Siege of Jerusalem, and the English Bible.

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