What Is Medieval History?

Name: What Is Medieval History?
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ISBN: 9780745639338

ISBN-10: 074563933X

ISBN-13: 9780745639338

Edition: 2008

Authors: John H. Arnold

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Introductory guide to the study of medieval history, from the fall of the Roman Empire to the Reformation. Written to be accessible for students from first year undergraduates onwards. Gives an overarching account of the discipline, taking in the kinds of sources medieval historians use, their intellectual tools and key areas of thematic importance. Written by a scholar of international renown, and the author of the Very Short Introduction to History. Will be required reading on introductory medieval history courses.

Book details

List price: $23.75
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Polity Press
Publication date: 2/26/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 176
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English



List of Illustrations


Preface and Acknowledgements



Framing the Middle Ages


A Medieval Tale


Medievalisms and Historiographies


The Politics of Framing



Tracing the Middle Ages


Polyphony or Cacophony?


Editions and Archives


Using Documents


Chronicles


Charters


Images


Legal Records



Reading the Middle Ages


Anthropology


Numbers and Statistics


Archaeology and Material Culture


Texts and Cultural Theory



Debating the Middle Ages


Ritual


Social Structures


Cultural Identities


Power



Making and Remaking the Middle Ages


Notes


Further Reading


Index