Cover; Medieval Empires and the Culture of Competition; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements and Note on Arabic Transliterations; Abbreviations; Introduction: Courtly Gifts, Imperial Rewards; 1 'Baghdad is to Cities What the Master is to Mankind': The Rise of Vizier Culture; 2 The Sovereign and the Foreign: Creating Saladin in Arabic Literature of the Counter-Crusade; 3 Alfonso X: Poetry of Miracles and Domination; 4 Saladino Rinato: Spanish and Italian Courtly Fictions of Crusade; Conclusion: The Ministry of Culture; Bibliography; Index
Summary
The first book to look critically at digital technologies and the role they play within queer lives in contemporary India
