Stasis in the Medieval West?
Questioning Change and Continuity
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Beschreibung
This volume questions the extent to which Medieval studies has emphasized the period as one of change and development through reexamining aspects of the medieval world that remained static. The Medieval period is popularly thought of as a dark age, before the flowerings of the Renaissance ushered a return to the wisdom of the Classical era. However, the reality familiar to scholars and students of the Middle Ages – that this was a time of immense transition and transformation – is well known. This book approaches the theme of ‘stasis’ in broad terms, with chapters covering the full temporal range from Late Antiquity to the later Middle Ages. Contributors to this collection seek to establish what remained static, continuous or ongoing in the Medieval era, and how the period’s political and cultural upheavals generated stasis in the form of deadlock, nostalgia, and the preservation of ancient traditions.
This volume questions the extent to which Medieval studies has emphasized the period as one of change and development through reexamining aspects of the medieval world that remained static. The Medieval period is popularly thought of as a dark age, before the flowerings of the Renaissance ushered a return to the wisdom of the Classical era. However, the reality familiar to scholars and students of the Middle Ages – that this was a time of immense transition and transformation – is well known. This book approaches the theme of ‘stasis’ in broad terms, with chapters covering the full temporal range from Late Antiquity to the later Middle Ages. Contributors to this collection seek to establish what remained static, continuous or ongoing in the Medieval era, and how the period’s political and cultural upheavals generated stasis in the form of deadlock, nostalgia, and the preservation of ancient traditions.
Destabilizes popular misconceptions of the medieval period, showing the richness and diversity that Medieval Studies can yield Offers a rich and interdisciplinary set of essays relevant to the fields of literature, history, art history, linguistics, and archaeology Addresses a range of topics and periods encompassed within the field of medieval studies while maintaining narrative and thematic coherency throughout
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Michael D.J. Bintley
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“This book identifies an issue that has never been discussed in such an encompassing way before. What makes the volume particularly interesting and valuable is that it resists a ‘cookie-cutter’ approach to the topic, emphasizing instead the complexities and contradictions that are inherent in attempting to identify stasis under dynamic cultural and literary conditions. It introduces to the general reader the result of research that specialists may be aware of, but which has not yet been generally disseminated.” (Shaun F. D. Hughes, Professor of English Literature, Purdue University, USA)
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