Medieval Polities and Modern Mentalities

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title Medieval Polities and Modern Mentalities
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Timothy Reuter
Edited by Janet L. Nelson
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:504
Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152
ISBN/Barcode 9780521168632
ClassificationsDewey:940.1
Audience
Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Illustrations Worked examples or Exercises

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 9 September 2010
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

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.

Author Biography

Formerly Professor of Medieval History at the University of Southampton. Professor of Medieval History at Kings College London.

Reviews

"...highly influential." -David Luscombe, The Historian "...Reuter draws his ideas from the latest scholarship and discusses complex ideas on an accessible level." --Sarah Whitten, UCLA: Comitatus