Using Concepts in Medieval History: Perspectives on Britain and Ireland, 1100-1500 Armstrong Jackson W.
Using Concepts in Medieval History: Perspectives on Britain and Ireland, 1100-1500 Armstrong Jackson W. This book is the first to engage explicitly with the practice of conceptual history - its…
Specifikacia Using Concepts in Medieval History: Perspectives on Britain and Ireland, 1100-1500 Armstrong Jackson W.
Using Concepts in Medieval History: Perspectives on Britain and Ireland, 1100-1500 Armstrong Jackson W.
This book is the first to engage explicitly with the practice of conceptual history - its problematics and its potential - as it relates to the study of the Middle Ages. Medieval historians have long been suspicious of certain master nouns and their power to distort historical interpretations, labelled as 'tyrannous constructs' in Professor Elizabeth A.R. Aimed at upper-level undergraduates, postgraduates and scholars, this edited volume explores some of the key concepts used and misused in medieval history.
This book offers a guide for navigating these terms, discussing the perils and pay-offs of working with some of the most frequently encountered and under-analysed political concepts. Brown's seminal article almost fifty years ago. Each chapter focuses on a single master noun, covering 'colony', 'crisis', 'frontier', 'identity', 'magic', 'networks' and 'politics'.
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