The Mirror of the Medieval : : An Anthropology of the Western Historical Imagination / / K. Patrick Fazioli.
Since its invention by Renaissance humanists, the myth of the “Middle Ages” has held a uniquely important place in the Western historical imagination. Whether envisioned as an era of lost simplicity or a barbaric nightmare, the medieval past has always served as a mirror for modernity. This book giv...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2017] ©2017 |
| Year of Publication: | 2017 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Making Sense of History ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (208 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Tables, Figures, and Maps
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Anthropology, History, and the Middle Ages
- CHAPTER 1 Manifesto for an Anthropology of Historicity
- CHAPTER 2 Mirror of the Medieval
- CHAPTER 3 Anthropology’s Lost Medieval Heritage
- Part II Identity, Power, and the Medieval Past in the Eastern Alpine Region
- CHAPTER 4 German Imperialism and the Early Medieval Past
- CHAPTER 5 Slovenian Identity and the Early Medieval Past
- CHAPTER 6 Beyond Ethnicity: Technological Choice and Communities of Practice
- CHAPTER 7 Christianization, Syncretism, and an Archaeology of Time
- Conclusion: Mourning Modernity and the Myth of the Middle Ages
- References
- Index