International Medievalisms (eBook)

From Nationalism to Activism

Mary Boyle (Herausgeber)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
228 Seiten
Boydell & Brewer Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-80010-909-4 (ISBN)

Infos

Identifies and investigates international medievalism through three distinct strands: "e;Internationally Nationalist"e;, "e;Someone Else's Past?"e;, and "e;Activist Medievalism"e;.Medievalism - the reception of the Middle Ages - often invokes a set of tropes generally considered 'medieval', rather than consciously engaging with medieval cultures and societies. International medievalism offers an additional interpretative layer by juxtaposing two or more national cultures, at least one of which is medieval. 'National' can be aspirational: it might refer to the area within agreed borders, or to the people who live there, but it might also describe the people who understand, or imagine, themselves to constitute a nation. And once 'medieval' becomes simply a collection of ideas, it can be re-formed as desired, cast as more geographically than historically specific, or function as a gateway to an even more nebulous past.This collection explores medievalist media from the textual to the architectural. Subjects range from The Green Children of Woolpit to Refugee Tales, and from Viking metal to Joan of Arc. As the contributors to each section make clear, for centuries the medieval has provided material for countless competing causes and cannot be contained within historical, political, or national borders. The essays show how the medieval is repeatedly co-opted and recreated, formed as much as formative: inviting us to ask why, and in service of what.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 14.2.2023
• Reihe/Serie: Medievalism
• Reihe/Serie: Medievalism
• Co-Autor: Hannah Armstrong, Michael Makin, Sabina Rahman, Felix Taylor, Matthias D Berger, Mary Boyle, Kayleigh Ferguson, Eirnin Jefford Franks, Florian Gassner, Kristina Hildebrand, Carolyne Larrington, Suzanne Lavere
• Zusatzinfo: 6 b/w illus.
• Verlagsort: Woodbridge
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 160 x 160 mm
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Essays / Feuilleton
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
• Schlagworte: Activist Medievalism • History • Internationally Nationalist • Joan of Arc • Medievalist Media • Middle Ages • Politics • refugee tales • The Green Children of Woolpit • Viking Metal
• ISBN-10: 1-80010-909-1 / 1800109091
• ISBN-13: 978-1-80010-909-4 / 9781800109094