How was history written in Europe and Asia between 400-1400? How was the past understood in religious, social and political terms? And in what ways does the diversity of historical writing in this period mask underlying commonalities in narrating the past? The volume, which assembles 28 contributions from leading historians, tackles these and other questions. Part I provides comprehensive overviews of the development of historical writing in societies that range from the Korean Peninsula to north-west Europe, which together highlight regional and cultural distinctiveness. Part II complements the first part by taking a thematic and comparative approach; it includes essays on genre, warfare, and religion (amongst others) which address common concerns of historians working in this liminal period before the globalizing forces of the early modern world.
Sarah Foot Orden de los libros (cronológico)
El trabajo de Sarah Foot profundiza en las percepciones y usos del pasado en la Europa occidental de la Alta Edad Media. Es una autoridad reconocida en la vida monástica temprana en la Inglaterra anglosajona. Su erudición ofrece profundas perspectivas sobre cómo se entendía y utilizaba la historia durante este período formativo. Foot ocupa una distinguida cátedra de Historia Eclesiástica en la Universidad de Oxford.
In this nuanced portrait of Athelstan, Sarah Foot offers the first full account of the king ever written.