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The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Medievalism (Paperback)
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The Oxford Handbook of Victorian Medievalism (Paperback)
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In 1859, the historian Lord John Acton asserted: 'two great
principles divide the world, and contend for the mastery, antiquity
and the middle ages'. The influence on Victorian culture of the
'Middle Ages' (broadly understood then as the centuries between the
Roman Empire and the Renaissance) was both pervasive and
multi-faceted. This 'medievalism' led, for instance, to the rituals
and ornament of the Medieval Catholic church being reintroduced to
Anglicanism. It led to the Saxon Witan being celebrated as a
prototypical representative parliament. It resulted in Viking
raiders being acclaimed as the forefathers of the British navy. And
it encouraged innumerable nineteenth-century men to cultivate the
superlative beards we now think of as typically 'Victorian'—in an
attempt to emulate their Anglo-Saxon forefathers. Different facets
of medieval life, and different periods before the Renaissance,
were utilized in nineteenth-century Britain for divergent political
and cultural agendas. Medievalism also became a dominant mode in
Victorian art and architecture, with 75 per cent of churches in
England built on a Gothic rather than a classical model. And it was
pervasive in a wide variety of literary forms, from translated
sagas to pseudo-medieval devotional verse to triple-decker novels.
Medievalism even transformed nineteenth-century domesticity: while
only a minority added moats and portcullises to their homes, the
medieval-style textiles produced by Morris and Co. decorated many
affluent drawing rooms. The Oxford Handbook of Victorian
Medievalism is the first work to examine in full the fascinating
phenomenon of 'medievalism' in Victorian Britain. Covering art,
architecture, religion, literature, politics, music, and social
reform, the Handbook also surveys earlier forms of antiquarianism
that established the groundwork for Victorian movements. In
addition, this collection addresses the international context, by
mapping the spread of medievalism across Europe, South America, and
India, amongst other places.
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