As she examines the many misconceptions about the "Middle Ages",
the renown French historian, Regine Pernoud, gives the reader a
refreshingly original perspective on many subjects, both historical
(from the Inquisition and witchcraft trials to a comparison of
Gothic and Renaissance creative inspiration) as well as eminently
modern (from law and the place of women in society to the
importance of history and tradition). Here are fascinating
insights, based on Pernoud's sound knowledge and extensive
experience as an archivist at the French National Archives. The
book will be provocative for the general readers as well as a
helpful resource for teachers.
Scorned for centuries, although lauded by the Romantics, these
thousand years of history have most often been concealed behind the
dark clouds of ignorance: Why, didn't godiche (clumsy, oafish) come
from gothique (Gothic)? Doesn't "fuedal" refer to the most hopeless
obscurantism? Isn't "Medieval" applied to dust-covered, outmoded
things?
Here the old varnish is stripped away and a thousand years of
history finally emerge -- the "Middle Ages" are dead, long live the
Middle Ages!
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