Globalism before Globalism: the Alexander legend in medievalliterature (Priest Lambrecht's account as a pathway to early global perspectives)
| Autor | Albrecht Classen |
| Cargo | University of Arizona, Department of German Studies, Tucson, AZ, United States |
| Páginas | 813-833 |
Esboços, Florianópolis, v. 28, n. 49, p. 813-833, set./dez. 2021.
ISSN 2175-7976 DOI https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7976.2021.e79311
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GLOBALISM BEFORE GLOBALISM:
THE ALEXANDER LEGEND IN
MEDIEVAL LITERATURE (PRIEST
LAMBRECHT’S ACCOUNT AS A
PATHWAY TO EARLY GLOBAL
PERSPECTIVES)
Albrecht Classena
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3878-319X
Email: aclassen@email.arizona.edu
a University of Arizona, Department of German Studies, Tucson, AZ, United States
histórias em contextos globais
Esboços, Florianópolis, v. 28, n. 49, p. 813-833, set./dez. 2021.
ISSN 2175-7976 DOI https://doi.org/10.5007/2175-7976.2021.e79311 814/897
ABSTRACT
would be erroneous to assume that earlier centuries, and not even pre-modernity, were entirely ignorant
about foreign worlds and did not have any interest in reaching out to, or in approaching foreign countries,
misconceptions and then outlines many features that justify us in using the term ‘globalism’ already at
that early stage, maybe free of much of the modern baggage brought upon by the colonialist attitude
a detailed examination of one of the many versions of the Alexander narratives in the Middle Ages,
Alexanderlied. Although Alexander is presented
as a conqueror of the Persian empire and the Indian kingdom, apart from many other countries, there is
still a strong narrative strategy to open the perspective toward the East and to make it to an integrative
part of the global worldview of the western European audiences. This and many other Alexander
versions contribute in their own intriguing way to the process of “worldmaking,” as Nelson Goodman
way, drawing on many classical sources, of course, the establishment of a global vision, at least in the
mind of his medieval audiences.
KEYWORDS
Globalism before globalism; Medieval literary perspectives; Priest Lambrecht.
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