The mirror of the medieval : an anthropology of the Western historical imagination /

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"Since its invention by Renaissance humanists, the myth of the 'Middle Ages' has held a uniquely important place in the Western historical imagination. Whether envisioned as an era of lost simplicity or a barbaric nightmare, the medieval past has always served as a mirror for modernit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fazioli, K. Patrick (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Berghahn Books, 2017.
Colección:Making sense of history ; v. 29.
Temas:
Middle Ages > Historiography.
Historiography > Alps, Eastern.
Anthropology > Alps, Eastern.
Nationalism > Alps, Eastern.
Learning and scholarship > Alps, Eastern.
Collective memory > Alps, Eastern.
Moyen Âge > Historiographie.
Anthropologie > Alpes orientales.
Nationalisme > Alpes orientales.
Savoir et érudition > Alpes orientales.
Mémoire collective > Alpes orientales.
HISTORY > Europe > Western.
HISTORY > Medieval.
Anthropology.
Collective memory.
Historiography.
Intellectual life.
Learning and scholarship.
Nationalism.
Politics and government.
Alps, Eastern > Intellectual life.
Alps, Eastern > Politics and government.
Alpes orientales > Vie intellectuelle.
Eastern Alps Region.
anthropology.
eastern alps.
fall of the western roman empire.
history of europe.
history.
humanism.
identity.
interdisciplinary.
medieval past.
medieval period.
middle ages.
mirror of modernity.
nationalism.
politics.
power.
public memory.
renaissance humanists.
renaissance.
retrospective.
western culture.
western historical imagination.
western society.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Part I. Anthropology, history, and the Middle Ages
  • Manifesto for an anthropology of historicity
  • Mirror of the medieval
  • Anthropology's lost medieval heritage
  • Part II. Identity, power, and the medieval past in the Eastern Alpine region
  • German imperialism and the early medieval past
  • Slovenian identity and the early medieval past
  • Beyond ethnicity : technological choice and communities of practice
  • Christianization, syncretism, and an archaeology of time
  • Conclusion: Mourning modernity and the myth of the medieval.

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