Medieval Polities and Modern Mentalities - Hardcover

Reuter, Timothy

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 052182074X ISBN 13: 9780521820745

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2006

Synopsis

This is a collection of influential and challenging essays by British medievalist Timothy Reuter, a perceptive and original thinker with extraordinary range who was equally at home in the Anglophone or German scholarly worlds. The book addresses three interconnected themes in the study of the history of the early and high Middle Ages. Firstly, historiography, the development of the modern study of the medieval past. How do our contemporary and inherited preconceptions and pre-occupations determine our view of history? Secondly, the importance of symbolic action and communication in the politics and polities of the Middle Ages. Finally, the need to avoid anachronism in our consideration of medieval politics. Throwing light both on modern mentalities and on the values and conduct of medieval people themselves, and containing articles, at time of publication, never previously been available in English, this book is essential reading for any serious scholar of medieval Europe.

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Book Description

Timothy Reuter was an original thinker, a medievalist with extraordinary range. This 2006 collection of his essays addresses three themes: historiography and the development of the modern study of the medieval past; the importance of symbolic action and communication; and the need to avoid anachronism in considering medieval politics.

About the Author

Formerly Professor of Medieval History at the University of Southampton.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 052182074X
• ISBN 13: 9780521820745
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 504
• Editor: Nelson Janet L.