The paradoxical exemplar : the image of Saladin in Don Juan Manuel's El conde lucanor

The paradoxical exemplar : the image of Saladin in Don Juan Manuel's El conde lucanor

Don Juan Manuel’s laudatory portrayal of Saladin, the Muslim Sultan of Babylon, in Exempla 25 and 50 of El Conde Lucanor presents an interesting paradox, particularly when considering that the fourteenth-century text was intended as moral instruction for a Christian audience. This report addresses...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Atmaca, Delia Avila
Format: Others
Language:English
Published: 2012
Subjects:
Saladin
Salah al-Din
Don Juan Manuel
Juan Manuel
El Conde Lucanor
Medieval Spanish literature
Spanish literature
Medieval Spanish
Exempla
Exemplum
Moral tales
Medieval Iberia
King Richard I
Hunt
Chivalry
Christendom
Reconquista
Convivencia
Moors
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2152/ETD-UT-2011-12-4809

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