Medievalism: A Critical History

by David Matthews

An accessibly-written survey of the origins and growth of the discipline of medievalism studies.

The field known as "medievalism studies" concerns the life of the Middle Ages after the Middle Ages. Originating some thirty years ago, it examines reinventions and reworkings of the medieval from the Reformation to postmodernity, from Bale and Leland to HBO's Game of Thrones. But what exactly is it? An offshoot of medieval studies? A version of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843843927
• ISBN13: 9781843843924
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 229 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.3"