In the Middle Ages; the life story of Alexander the Great was a well-traveled tale. Known in numerous versions; many of them derived from the ancient Greek Alexander Romance; it was told and re-told throughout Europe; India; the Middle East; and Central Asia. The essays collected in Alexander the Great in the Middle Ages examine these remarkable legends not merely as stories of conquest and discovery; but also as representations of otherness; migration; translation; cosmopolitanism; and diaspora.Alongside studies of the Alexander legend in medieval and early modern Latin; English; French; German; and Persian; Alexander the Great in the Middle Ages breaks new ground by examining rarer topics such as Hebrew Alexander romances; Coptic and Arabic Alexander materials; and early modern Malay versions of the Alexander legend. Brought together in this wide-ranging collection; these essays testify to the enduring fascination and transcultural adaptability of medieval stories about the extraordinary Macedonian leader.
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