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The Saint and the Count - A Case Study for Reading like a Historian (Paperback)
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The Saint and the Count - A Case Study for Reading like a Historian (Paperback)
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While historians know that history is about interpreting primary
sources, students tend to think of history as a set of facts. In
The Saint and the Count, Leah Shopkow opens up the interpretive
world of the historian using the biography of St. Vitalis of
Savigny (d. 1122) as a case study. This biography was written
around 1174 by Stephen of Fougeres and provides a rich stage to
demonstrate the kinds of questions historians ask about primary
sources and the interpretive and conceptual frameworks they use.
What is the nature of medieval sources and what are the
interpretive problems they present? How does the positionality of
Stephen of Fougeres shape his biography of St. Vitalis? How did
medieval people respond to stories of miracles? And finally, how
does this biography illuminate the problem of violence in medieval
society? A translation of the biography is included, so that
readers can explore the text on their own.
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