The uses of the past in the early Middle Ages /

This volume investigates the ways in which people in western Europe between the fall of Rome and the twelfth century used the past: to legitimate the present, to understand current events, and as a source of identity. Each essay examines the mechanisms by which ideas about the past were subtly (and...

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Other Authors: Hen, Yitzhak (Editor), Innes, Matthew (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2000.
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