Studies in Medievalism XIV: Correspondences: Medievalism in Scholarship and the Arts

by Martin Arnold

Book Overview

Articles centred on the use made by European nations of medieval texts and other artefacts to define their history and origins.

The 19th century was a time of fierce national competition for the "ownership" of medieval documents and the legitimation of national histories. This volume contains papers dealing with the attempts of French scholars to claim English documents (and vice versa), as also of disputes between Scandinavian and British...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1843840634
• ISBN13: 9781843840633
• Release Date: November 2005
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 1.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.5" x 9.5"