Medieval polities and modern mentalities /
This is a collection of influential and challenging essays by British medievalist Timothy Reuter, a perceptive and original thinker with extraordinary range who was equally at home in the Anglophone or German scholarly worlds. The 2006 book addresses three interconnected themes in the study of the h...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge ; New York :
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| Summary: | This is a collection of influential and challenging essays by British medievalist Timothy Reuter, a perceptive and original thinker with extraordinary range who was equally at home in the Anglophone or German scholarly worlds. The 2006 book addresses three interconnected themes in the study of the history of the early and high Middle Ages. Firstly, historiography, the development of the modern study of the medieval past. How do our contemporary and inherited preconceptions and pre-occupations determine our view of history? Secondly, the importance of symbolic action and communication in the politics and polities of the Middle Ages. Finally, the need to avoid anachronism in our consideration of medieval politics. Throwing light both on modern mentalities and on the values and conduct of medieval people themselves, and containing articles, at time of publication, never previously been available in English, this book is essential reading for any serious scholar of medieval Europe. |
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| Item Description: | EBSCO eBook Academic Comprehensive Collection North America |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xix, 483 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780511250279 0511250274 0511249764 9780511249761 9780511497216 0511497210 1107159563 9781107159563 1280749032 9781280749032 0511248679 9780511248672 0511319282 9780511319280 0511249225 9780511249228 9780521168632 0521168635 |
