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The Historical Present - Medievalism and Modernity (Hardcover, New)
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The Historical Present - Medievalism and Modernity (Hardcover, New)
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Medievalism has become a central concern for those studying and
teaching medieval history. It can be distinguished from traditional
medieval history because it is not directly concerned with the
study of the Middle Ages themselves, but rather it looks at how
ideas about the medieval era operate in modern culture. This volume
breaks new ground by moving beyond the arena of contemporary
popular culture by interpreting modern academic attitudes towards
the Middle Ages as themselves forms of medievalism. What is
presented as refined historical truth is no more than a
construction of truth derived from the larger philosophical and
cultural trends of our own day. This volume argues that modernity's
sense of the medieval past is the product of the dominant
intellectual movements of the nineteenth century, Romanticism and
Idealism, and that nineteenth century attitudes have continued to
inform current understandings of the Middle Ages. This is a
narrative that combines the main themes of modern scholarship on
the medieval age with a subtly portrayed picture of the
philosophical culture which produced them.
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