M. Bull: Thinking Medieval | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781403912954 | Thinking Medieval | An Introduction to the Study of the Middle Ages

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Beschreibung

This book is aimed at students coming to the study of western European medieval history for the first time, and also graduate students on interdisciplinary medieval studies programmes. It examines the place of the Middle Ages in modern popular culture, exploring the roots of the stereotypes that appear in films, on television and in the press, and asking why they remain so persistent. The book also asks whether 'medieval' is indeed a useful category in terms of historical periodization. It investigates some of the particular challenges posed by medieval sources and the ways in which they have survived. And it concludes with an exploration of the relevance of medieval history in today's world.

Über den Autor

MARCUS BULL is Senior Lecturer in Medieval History in the University of Bristol. His previous publications include Knightly Piety and the Lay Response the First Crusade (1993) and The Miracles of Rocamadour: Analysis and Translation (1999). He plays an active role in Bristol's interdisciplinary Centre for Medieval Studies.

Zusammenfassung

Topicality: the section on the relevance of the crusades post 9/11, for example, will be lent added topicality by the release of the big-budget film 'Kingdom of Heaven' in 2005, as well as by the continued use of crusading as a motif in Western-Muslim discourse. The book also engages with current debates about the value of academic subjects, such as Charles Clarke's attack on medieval historians' usefulness

Unique: no book like it on the market at all - born of the experience of teaching medieval history to students with little or no prior background in the subject, and thus responsive to the particular challenges and cultural jolts that they encounter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: What is 'Thinking Medieval'? Popular Images of the Middle Ages What are the 'Middle Ages'? The Evidence for Medieval History Is Medieval History Relevant? Conclusion Suggested Reading

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2005
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Geschichte
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	viii 158 S.
ISBN-13:	9781403912954
ISBN-10:	1403912955
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Bull, M.
Auflage:	2005 edition
Hersteller:	Palgrave Macmillan Palgrave MacMillan UK
Maße:	216 x 170 x 9 mm
Von/Mit:	M. Bull
Erscheinungsdatum:	27.09.2005
Gewicht:	0,209 kg

Artikel-ID: 107561206

Über den Autor

Zusammenfassung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: What is 'Thinking Medieval'? Popular Images of the Middle Ages What are the 'Middle Ages'? The Evidence for Medieval History Is Medieval History Relevant? Conclusion Suggested Reading

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2005
Fachbereich:	Allgemeines
Genre:	Geschichte
Rubrik:	Geisteswissenschaften
Thema:	Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	viii 158 S.
ISBN-13:	9781403912954
ISBN-10:	1403912955
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Bull, M.
Auflage:	2005 edition
Hersteller:	Palgrave Macmillan Palgrave MacMillan UK
Maße:	216 x 170 x 9 mm
Von/Mit:	M. Bull
Erscheinungsdatum:	27.09.2005
Gewicht:	0,209 kg