An accessibly-written survey of the origins and growth of the
discipline of medievalism studies. The field known as "medievalism
studies" concerns the life of the Middle Ages after the Middle
Ages. Originating some thirty years ago, it examines reinventions
and reworkings of the medieval from the Reformation to
postmodernity,from Bale and Leland to HBO's Game of Thrones. But
what exactly is it? An offshoot of medieval studies? A version of
reception studies? Or a new form of cultural studies? Can such a
diverse field claim coherence? Should it be housed in departments
of English, or History, or should it always be interdisciplinary?
In responding to such questions, the author traces the history of
medievalism from its earliest appearances in the sixteenth century
to the present day, across a range of examples drawn from the
spheres of literature, art, architecture, music and more. He
identifies two major modes, the grotesque and the romantic, and
focuses on key phases of the development of medievalism in Europe:
the Reformation, the late eighteenth century, and above all the
period between 1815 and 1850, which, he argues, represents the
zenith of medievalist cultural production. He also contends that
the 1840s were medievalism's one moment of canonicity in several
European cultures at once. After that, medievalism became a
minority form, rarely marked with cultural prestige, though always
pervasive and influential. Medievalism: a Critical History
scrutinises several key categories - space, time, and selfhood -
and traces the impact of medievalism on each. It will be the
essential guide to a complex and still evolving field of inquiry.
David Matthews is Professor of Medieval and Medievalism Studies at
the University of Manchester.
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