Old stories and contemporary issues in films about antiquity and the Middle Ages : idealistic thinking, sex, lies, and video political agendas /

Old stories and contemporary issues in films about antiquity and the Middle Ages : idealistic thinking, sex, lies, and video political agendas / Luigi Andrea Berto. - Abingdon, Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2022. - volumes cm

Luigi Andrea Berto is Professor of History at Western Michigan University (USA) and teaches classes on pre-modern History and on Film and History.

Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes filmography.

Invaders and heroes -- Inspiring models of independence, unity, and identity -- Leftist social and political topics in 1960s and 1970s movies -- Video right-wing agendas -- Medieval Muslims and Christians, and modern agendas for the Middle East -- Medieval Christians and Muslims, and wishful thinking during the war in Iraq (2003-2005) --The Black Death, existentialism, old and new fears, and private matters -- Women, brotherhood, equality, and the land of opportunity.

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Middle Ages in motion pictures.
Civilization, Greco-Roman, in motion pictures.
Historical films--History and criticism.

PN1995.9.M52 / B47 2022

791.43/658