Egypt a Blízký východ v kramářských písních

• Authors: Michal Klacek

Title variants

EN

Egypt and the Near East in Broadside Ballads

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The half-popular compositions traditionally referred to as broadside ballads are a specific type of source. Some of them reflect Biblical, legendary and historical events in Egypt and the Near East. Although the factual importance of such ballads in not great, they have some informative value, because their texts mirror the attitudes and opinions of the lower social classes, in this case clearly influenced by the antithesis of Christianity and Islam, or also Judaism. They show that the authors of broadside ballads kept alive deep-rooted stereotypes, mainly the stereotype of Turks as pagans and tyrants.

Keywords

EN

National Museum Library in Prague; broadside ballads; Egypt; Near East; Muslims; Christians; stereotypes

Discipline

• HISTORY: HISTORY

• Publisher: Library of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
• Journal: Knihy a dějiny (Books and history)
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 21
• Pages: 76-90
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Michal Klacek

• Knihovna AV ČR, v.v.i., Národní 1009/3, 115 22 Praha 1, Czech Republic