TY  - BOOK
TI  - Old stories and contemporary issues in films about antiquity and the Middle Ages: idealistic thinking, sex, lies, and video political agendas 
SN  - 9780367720377
AV  - PN1995.9.M52 B47 2022
U1  - 791.43/658 23/eng/20220208
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Abingdon, Oxon, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Middle Ages in motion pictures
KW  - Civilization, Greco-Roman, in motion pictures
KW  - Historical films
KW  - History and criticism
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -