Memory in the middle ages : approaches from southwestern Europe / edited by Flocel Sabate. - Leeds : Arc Humanities Press, (c)2020. - 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). - CARMEN monographs and studies .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Memory was vital to the functioning of the medieval world. People in medieval societies shared an identity based on commonly held memories. Religions, rulers, and even cities and nations justified their existence and their status through stories that guaranteed their deep and unbroken historical roots.The studies in this interdisciplinary collection explore how manifestations of memory can be used by historians as a prism through which to illuminate European medieval thought and value systems. The contributors draw the link between memory and medieval science, management of power, and remembra.



9781641892636


Civilization, Medieval.
Collective memory--History--Europe, Southern--To 1500.


Electronic Books.

CB353 / .M466 2020