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Beschreibung

Amy S. Kaufman and Paul B. Sturtevant examine the many ways in which the medieval past has been manipulated to promote discrimination, oppression, and murder. Tracing the fetish for "medieval times" behind toxic ideologies like nationalism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, misogyny, and white supremacy, Kaufman and Sturtevant show us how the Middle Ages have been twisted for political purposes in every century that followed. The Devil’s Historians casts aside the myth of an oppressive, patriarchal medieval monoculture and reveals a medieval world not often shown in popular culture: one that is diverse, thriving, courageous, compelling, and complex.

Amy S. Kaufman and Paul B. Sturtevant examine the many ways in which the medieval past has been manipulated to promote discrimination, oppression, and murder. Tracing the fetish for "medieval times" behind toxic ideologies like nationalism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, misogyny, and white supremacy, Kaufman and Sturtevant show us how the Middle Ages have been twisted for political purposes in every century that followed. The Devil’s Historians casts aside the myth of an oppressive, patriarchal medieval monoculture and reveals a medieval world not often shown in popular culture: one that is diverse, thriving, courageous, compelling, and complex.

Über den Autor

Amy S. Kaufman is a scholar of medieval studies and popular culture.

Paul B. Sturtevant is Editor in Chief of The Public Medievalist and a Visitor Research Specialist at The Smithsonian Institution.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Weaponizing History

1. The Middle Ages: Foundational Myths
2. Nationalism and Nostalgia
3. The "Clash of Civilizations"
4. White (Supremacist) Knights
5. Knights in Shining Armor and Damsels in Distress
6. Medievalism and Religious Extremism

Epilogue: The Future of the Medieval Past

Notes
Further Reading

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Genre: Geschichte, Importe
Jahrhundert: Mittelalter
Rubrik: Geisteswissenschaften
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781487587840
ISBN-10: 1487587848
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Kaufman, Amy
Sturtevant, Paul
Hersteller: University of Toronto Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Mare Nostrum Group B.V., Doelen 72, ?-4831 GR Breda, gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk
Maße: 216 x 139 x 15 mm
Von/Mit: Amy Kaufman (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 28.05.2020
Gewicht: 0,255 kg
Artikel-ID: 121036574