Jerusalem Delivered |
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Author:
| Tasso, Torquato |
Editor:
| Esolen, Anthony M. |
Translator:
| Esolen, Anthony M. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8018-6323-3 |
Publication Date: | Sep 2000 |
Publisher: | Johns Hopkins University Press
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $40.00 |
Book Description:
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Late in the eleventh century the First Crusade culminated in the conquest of Jerusalem by Christian armies. Five centuries later, when Torquato Tasso began to search for a subject worthy of an epic, Jerusalem was governed by a sultan, Europe was in the crisis of religious division, and the Crusades were a nostalgic memory.
Late in the eleventh century the First Crusade culminated in the conquest of Jerusalem by Christian armies. Five centuries later, when Torquato Tasso began to search for a subject worthy of an epic, Jerusalem was governed by a sultan, Europe was in the crisis of religious division, and the Crusades were a nostalgic memory.