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The Perception of the past in twelfth-century Europe /

The way people see the past tells us much about their present interests and about their sense of identity. This book examines both what men of the day knew about their past, and in particular about the Roman Empire, and shows how such knowledge was used to authenticate claims and attitudes. These or...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Magdalino, Paul
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Rio Grande, Ohio : Hambledon Press, 1992.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Discovering a past for the French aristocracy / Jean Dunbabin
  • Past, present and no future in the twelfth-century Regnum Teutonicum / Timothy Reuter
  • Adam and the eve of Scandinavian history / Birgit and Peter Sawyer
  • How the twelfth-century monks of Worcester perceived their past / Julia Barrow
  • Administration, family and perceptions of the past in late twelfth-century England : Richard FitzNigel and the dialogue of the Exchequer / John Hudson
  • The texts and contexts of ancient Roman history in twelfth-century Western scholarship / Lars Boje Mortensen
  • The fourth kingdom and the rhetoric of Hellenism / Ruth Macrides and Paul Magdalino
  • Borrowed time : perceptions of the past in twelfth-century Rus' / Simon Franklin
  • The sense of the past in Italian communal narratives / Chris Wickham
  • The political use of the past in Norman Sicily / T.S. Brown
  • Malleable accounts : views of the past in twelfth-century Iberia / Raymond McCluskey.