[audiobook] Identity; Place; and Subversion in Contemporary Mizrahi Cinema in Israel by Yaron Shemer at Arts-Photography

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X century.Chivalric fictionThis story is based upon the legend of the first Marquis of Monferrato; Aleramo; . His mother; being unable to have children; makes a pilgrimage to Rome. She becomes pregnant and gives birth in Sezzadio; where her child is baptised with the name Aleramo. His parents leave him in Sezzadio where a nurse takes care of him. They carry on their pilgrimage; never seeing him again. Aleramo becomes a knight for the German Emperor Otto I and falls in love with his beautiful daughter Alasia. The Emperor does not allow their marriage and the two lovers are forced to escape. After Alasias premature death; Aleramo marries two more times. The Marquis manages to stop Saracen attacks. Empress Adelaide admires his diplomatic skills and wants him to become Imperial Dignitary; helping him to get the title of Marquis of the Committees of Acqui; Savona; Asti; Monferrato; Torino; Vercelli; Parma; Cremona and Bergamo.