The Devil's Historians

How Modern Extremists Abuse the Medieval Past

Amy Kaufman, Paul Sturtevant (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

2020
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4875-8784-0 (ISBN)

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The Devil’s Historians offers a passionate corrective to common – and very dangerous – myths about the medieval world.

Amy S. Kaufman and Paul B. Sturtevant examine the many ways in which the medieval past has been manipulated to promote discrimination, oppression, and murder. Tracing the fetish for “medieval times” behind toxic ideologies like nationalism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, misogyny, and white supremacy, Kaufman and Sturtevant show us how the Middle Ages have been twisted for political purposes in every century that followed. The Devil’s Historians casts aside the myth of an oppressive, patriarchal medieval monoculture and reveals a medieval world not often shown in popular culture: one that is diverse, thriving, courageous, compelling, and complex.

Amy S. Kaufman is a scholar of medieval studies and popular culture. Paul B. Sturtevant is Editor in Chief of The Public Medievalist and a Visitor Research Specialist at The Smithsonian Institution.

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Weaponizing History

1. The Middle Ages: Foundational Myths
2. Nationalism and Nostalgia
3. The “Clash of Civilizations”
4. White (Supremacist) Knights
5. Knights in Shining Armor and Damsels in Distress
6. Medievalism and Religious Extremism

Epilogue: The Future of the Medieval Past

Notes
Further Reading

Erscheinungsdatum	10.05.2021
Zusatzinfo	4 b&w illustrations
Verlagsort	Toronto
Sprache	englisch
Maße	140 x 216 mm
Gewicht	240 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Geschichtstheorie / Historik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4875-8784-8 / 1487587848
ISBN-13	978-1-4875-8784-0 / 9781487587840
Zustand	Neuware