Whose Middle Ages? : teachable moments for an ill-used past /

"Whose Middle Ages? is an interdisciplinary collection of short, accessible essays intended for the nonspecialist reader and ideal for teaching at an undergraduate level. Each of twenty-two essays takes up an area where digging for meaning in the medieval past has brought something distorted back in...

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Other Authors:	Albin, Andrew (Editor), Erler, Mary C., 1937- (Editor), O'Donnell, Thomas (Medievalist) (Editor), Paul, Nicholas, 1977- (Editor), Rowe, Nina (Editor)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Fordham University Press, 2019.
Edition:	First edition.
Series:	Fordham series in medieval studies.
Subjects:	Civilization, Medieval. Civilization, Medieval > Influence. Middle Ages. Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) Europe.
Summary:	"Whose Middle Ages? is an interdisciplinary collection of short, accessible essays intended for the nonspecialist reader and ideal for teaching at an undergraduate level. Each of twenty-two essays takes up an area where digging for meaning in the medieval past has brought something distorted back into the present: in our popular entertainment; in our news, our politics, and our propaganda; and in subtler ways that inform how we think about our histories, our countries, and ourselves. Each author looks to a history that has refused to remain past and uses the tools of the academy to read and re-read familiar stories, objects, symbols, and myths"--