Medieval Polities and Modern Mentalities - Couverture rigide

Reuter, Timothy

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 052182074X ISBN 13 : 9780521820745

Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Book by Reuter Timothy

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

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.

Revue de presse :

"...highly influential." -David Luscombe, The Historian

"...Reuter draws his ideas from the latest scholarship and discusses complex ideas on an accessible level." --Sarah Whitten, UCLA: Comitatus

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Cambridge University Press
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 052182074X
• ISBN 13: 9780521820745
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 504
• Éditeur: Nelson Janet L.