The Resource A knight at the movies : medieval history on film, John Aberth
A knight at the movies : medieval history on film, John Aberth
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- Summary
- Long before Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Hollywood's version of the Middle Ages had sometimes been laughable. Who can resist chuckling at The Black Knight (1954), in which Arthurian warriors ride across a plain complete with telephone poles in the background? Or The Black Shield of Falworth (1954), in which Tony Curtis-in his best medieval Bronx accent-utters the immortal line, "Yonda is the castle of my fodda"? These films may not be paragons of historical accuracy, but much of what we know-or think we know-about the Middle Ages has been dictated by what we've seen on the movie screen. In this entertaining and deeply informative book, John Aberth-author of From the Brink of the Apocalypse-assesses the historical accuracy of well known cinematic interpretations of the Middle Ages. Separating fact from fiction in more than fifty films from the silent era to today, including Camelot, Excalibur, Braveheart, and The Adventures of Robin Hood, Aberth shows how narrative license routinely makes the distant era familiar by projecting contemporary obsessions and fears onto the past. These stock images of knights in shining armor and damsels in distress rarely sum up real life in the Middle Ages. Instead, the best and most thought-provoking works-like Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal-revel in the differences between those times and our own, drawing us into another world in order to understand and appreciate the differences. With provocative insight into the blurred lines between medieval fact and fiction, both history buffs and film aficionados will find much food for thought here
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 332 pages)
- Contents
-
- Holy grail of Hollywood : King Arthur films
- Lights! Camera! Pillage! : Viking films
- God (and the studio) wills it! : crusade films
- Splendid to spandex : Robin Hood films
- Welcome to the Apocalypse : Black Death films
- Movies and the maid : Joan of Arc films
- Isbn
- 9780203873564
- Label
- A knight at the movies : medieval history on film
- Title
- A knight at the movies
- Title remainder
- medieval history on film
- Statement of responsibility
- John Aberth
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Long before Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Hollywood's version of the Middle Ages had sometimes been laughable. Who can resist chuckling at The Black Knight (1954), in which Arthurian warriors ride across a plain complete with telephone poles in the background? Or The Black Shield of Falworth (1954), in which Tony Curtis-in his best medieval Bronx accent-utters the immortal line, "Yonda is the castle of my fodda"? These films may not be paragons of historical accuracy, but much of what we know-or think we know-about the Middle Ages has been dictated by what we've seen on the movie screen. In this entertaining and deeply informative book, John Aberth-author of From the Brink of the Apocalypse-assesses the historical accuracy of well known cinematic interpretations of the Middle Ages. Separating fact from fiction in more than fifty films from the silent era to today, including Camelot, Excalibur, Braveheart, and The Adventures of Robin Hood, Aberth shows how narrative license routinely makes the distant era familiar by projecting contemporary obsessions and fears onto the past. These stock images of knights in shining armor and damsels in distress rarely sum up real life in the Middle Ages. Instead, the best and most thought-provoking works-like Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal-revel in the differences between those times and our own, drawing us into another world in order to understand and appreciate the differences. With provocative insight into the blurred lines between medieval fact and fiction, both history buffs and film aficionados will find much food for thought here
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1963-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Aberth, John
- Dewey number
- 791.43/658
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- PN1995.9.M52
- LC item number
- A24 2003eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Middle Ages in motion pictures
- ART
- PERFORMING ARTS
- Middle Ages in motion pictures
- Mittelalter
- Historische films
- Middeleeuwen
- Filmkunst
- Film
- Label
- A knight at the movies : medieval history on film, John Aberth
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-314) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Holy grail of Hollywood : King Arthur films
- Lights! Camera! Pillage! : Viking films
- God (and the studio) wills it! : crusade films
- Splendid to spandex : Robin Hood films
- Welcome to the Apocalypse : Black Death films
- Movies and the maid : Joan of Arc films
- Control code
- 812911636
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 332 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780203873564
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)812911636
- Label
- A knight at the movies : medieval history on film, John Aberth
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-314) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Holy grail of Hollywood : King Arthur films
- Lights! Camera! Pillage! : Viking films
- God (and the studio) wills it! : crusade films
- Splendid to spandex : Robin Hood films
- Welcome to the Apocalypse : Black Death films
- Movies and the maid : Joan of Arc films
- Control code
- 812911636
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xi, 332 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780203873564
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)812911636
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