Screen LibraryThe making of medieval history /
"Medieval history is present in many forms in our world. Monuments from the Middle Ages or inspired by them are a familiar feature of landscapes across Europe and beyond; the period between the end of the Roman Empire in Western Europe and the Reformation and European expansion is an essential...
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| Group Author: | ; |
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York Medieval Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Woodbridge, Suffolk : |
| Publication Dates: | 2017. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Medieval history is present in many forms in our world. Monuments from the Middle Ages or inspired by them are a familiar feature of landscapes across Europe and beyond; the period between the end of the Roman Empire in Western Europe and the Reformation and European expansion is an essential part of our imagination, be it conveyed through literature, the arts, science fiction or even video games; it is also commonly invoked in political debates. Specialists in the field have played a major role in shaping modern perceptions of the era. But little is known about the factors that have influe |
| Carrier Form: | xvi, 240 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781903153703 (paperback) : 1903153700 (paperback) |
| Index Number: | D116 |
| CLC: | K13 |
| Call Number: | K13/M235 |
| Contents: | Some thoughts on making of the Middle Ages / Graham A. Loud and Martial Staub -- Imagining/ Inventing the Middle Ages. Why re-inventing medieval history is a good idea / Jinty Nelson -- Literary composition and the early medieval historian in the nineteenth century / Ian Wood -- Constructing a European identity. European ethnicities and European as ethnicity: does Europe have too much history? / Patrick Geary -- A crisis of the middle ages? Deconstructing and constructing European identities in a globalized world / Michael Borgolte -- National History/Notions of Myth. Barbarossa's heirs: nat |