Meanings Of Nationality In The Medieval Alexander Tradition

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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. List Of Illustrations ix
5. Alexander The Great In The Middle Ages 1
6. The Medieval Alexander: Transcultural Ambivalences 3
7. East And West, Cosmopolitan And Imperial In The Roman Alexander 13
8. Meanings Of Nationality In The Medieval Alexander Tradition 30
9. Facing The Land Of Darkness: Alexander, Islam, And The Quest For The Secrets Of God 51
10. Diaspora As Empire In The Hebrew Deeds Of Alexander (Ma’Aseh Alexandros) 76
11. Hebrew Alexander Romances And Astrological Questions: Alexander, Aristotle, And The Medieval Jewish Audience 88
12. The Alexander Romance In Southeast Asia: Wonder, Islam, And Knowledge Of The World 104
13. Re-Writing The Episode Of Alexander And Candace In Medieval Persian Literature: Patterns, Sources, And Motif Transformation 123
14. Coptic Miniature Painting In The Arabic Alexander Romance 153
15. Poet, Protagonist, And The Epic Alexander In Walter Of Châtillon’S Alexandreis 177
16. Instrumentum Dei, Exemplum Vanitatis, Speculum Principis. Interpretations Of Alexander In Medieval German Literature: A Survey 200
17. Science And Learning In The Middle Ages: Le Roman D’Alexandre En Prose – A Study Of Ms Stockholm, Royal Library Vu 20¹ 217
18. The Visual Image Of Alexander The Great: Transformations From The Middle Ages To The Early Modern Period 244
19. Contributors 265
20. Index Of Manuscripts 267
21. Index Of Names, Places, People, And Works 269