Abstract | Keywords | Export | Availability | Bookmark

Choose an application

• Reference Manager
• EndNote
• RefWorks (Direct export to RefWorks)

"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 gives an eye-opening account of the ways various political and intellectual projects--from nationalism to the discipline of anthropology--have appropriated the Middle Ages for their own ends. Deploying an interdisciplinary toolkit, author K. Patrick Fazioli grounds his analysis in contemporary struggles over power and identity in the Eastern Alps, while also considering the broader implications for scholarly research and public memory"--Provided by publisher.

Middle Ages --- Historiography --- Anthropology --- Primitive societies --- Social sciences --- Human beings --- Historical criticism --- History --- Authorship --- Medievalists --- Criticism --- Alps, Eastern, Region --- Intellectual life. --- Politics and government. --- Historiography. --- anthropology. --- eastern alps. --- fall of the western roman empire. --- history of europe. --- history. --- humanism. --- identity. --- interdisciplinary. --- medieval past. --- medieval period. --- middle ages. --- mirror of modernity. --- nationalism. --- politics. --- power. --- public memory. --- renaissance humanists. --- renaissance. --- retrospective. --- western culture. --- western historical imagination. --- western society.