Medieval Imaginaries in Tourism, Heritage and the Media

Jennifer Frost is an Associate Professor in the Department of Management, Sport and Tourism at La Trobe University, Australia. She is Co-editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Heritage Tourism and her research interests include travel narratives, heritage tourism and rural tourism and events.Warwick Frost is Professor of Heritage, Tourism and the Media in the Department of Management, Sport and Tourism at La Trobe University, Australia. He is Co-editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Heritage Tourism and his research interests include heritage tourism and tourism and the media.

• 1. The Continuing Fascination for the Medieval 2. Gazing at the Gothic: Medievalism and Tourism in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries 3. Medieval Kingship: Hollow Crown or Tower of Strength? 4. The Princess in the Tower? Changing Representations of Medieval Women 5. Medieval Knights and Chivalry 6. Medieval Castles and Walled Cities 7. Positioning Medieval Cathedrals in the Modern Era 8. Robin Hood: Reinterpreting the Medieval Outlaw 9. The Hammer of the Gods? Contested and Changing Imaginaries of the Vikings 10. Encounters With the ‘Other’: Crusaders and Muslims in Medieval Narratives 11. Japan and Medievalism: The Samurai, Cinema and Cultural Appropriation 12. Fictional Media and Heritage From the Medieval Perspective: Trends, Issues and Setting a Research Agenda