The 'Crossing Characters' in Narrative Sources: A Way to Speak about the Muslim World?
(2022) Leeds International Medieval Congress — Location: Leeds (4.July.2022)
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Sghaïer, Nissaf 
- Abstract
- The Orient and the Muslim world are addressed in several narrative sources preserved in the libraries of the Burgundian Netherlands. Whether travellers (e.g. Bertrand de la Broquière) or fictional characters in novels (e.g. Saladin or La Fille du Comte de Ponthieu), it is not uncommon to read about the adventures of protagonists who, in one way or another, join a foreign group, crossing the border and experiencing the otherness. The aim of the paper is to present, on the basis of a specific corpus of sources, the various characteristics of these 'crossing characters' and their role in terms of representing the Muslim otherness.
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Sghaïer, N. (2022). The ‘Crossing Characters’ in Narrative Sources: A Way to Speak about the Muslim World? Leeds International Medieval Congress, Leeds. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/213933