Alexander the Great in the Middle Ages: Transcultural Perspectives

Cover
Title page
Copyright page
Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
The Medieval Alexander: Transcultural Ambivalences
East and West, Cosmopolitan and Imperial in the Roman Alexander
Meanings of Nationality in the Medieval Alexander Tradition
Facing the Land of Darkness: Alexander, Islam, and the Quest for the Secrets of God
Diaspora as Empire in the Hebrew Deeds of Alexander (Ma’aseh Alexandros)
Hebrew Alexander Romances and Astrological Questions: Alexander, Aristotle, and the Medieval Jewish Audience
The Alexander Romance in Southeast Asia: Wonder, Islam, and Knowledge of the World
Re-writing the Episode of Alexander and Candace in Medieval Persian Literature: Patterns, Sources, and Motif Transformation
Coptic Miniature Painting in the Arabic Alexander Romance
Poet, Protagonist, and the Epic Alexander in Walter of Châtillon’s Alexandreis
Instrumentum Dei, Exemplum vanitatis, Speculum principis. Interpretations of Alexander in Medieval German Literature: A Survey
Science and Learning in the Middle Ages: Le Roman d’Alexandre en prose – A Study of Ms Stockholm, Royal Library Vu 20
The Visual Image of Alexander the Great: Transformations from the Middle Ages to the Early Modern Period
Contributors
Index of Manuscripts
Index of Names, Places, People, and Works