History, Hollywood, and the Crusades

This thesis discusses the relationship between film and history in the depiction of the Crusades. It proposes that film is a valuable historical tool for teaching about the past on several levels, namely the film’s contemporaneous views of the Crusades, and the history Crusades themselves. This thesis recommends that a more rigid methodology be adopted for evaluating the historicity of films and encourages historians to view films not only as historians but also as film scholars.

Name thesis:degree_name

Master of Arts

Level thesis:degree_level

Masters

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Public History

Grantor

University of Houston

Year dc:date.issued

2013

Author dc:creator

• McCarthy, Mary R. 1989-

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Vaughn, Sally N.

Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember

• Melosi, Martin V.
• Stock, Lorraine K.

• History
• Medieval war
• Medieval
• Film
• Crusades, The
• Kingdom of Heaven
• King Richard
• Crusaders
• DeMille, Cecil B.
• Butler, David
• Scott, Ridley
• Orientalism

Statement dc:rights

• The author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).

Language dc:language.iso

eng

Handle dc:identifier.uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10657/3294

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:uh-ir.tdl.org:10657/3294