CONTENTS
1 Cover
6 Preface to the Second Edition
7 Preface and Acknowledgements
8 1 Framing the Middle Ages A Medieval Tale Medievalisms and Historiographies The Politics of Framing Notes
9 2 Tracing the Middle Ages Polyphony or Cacophony? Editions and Archives Using Documents Chronicles Charters Images Legal Records Notes
10 3 Reading the Middle Ages Anthropology Numbers and Statistics Archaeology, Science and Material Culture Texts and Cultural Theory Notes
11 4 Debating the Middle Ages Ritual Social Structures Globalisms Cultural Identities Power Notes
12 5 Making and Remaking the Middle Ages Notes
14 Index
List of Figures
1 Map of Europe, c.900
2 Map of Europe, c.1360
3 Chapter 2Figure 2.1(a) Early medieval handwriting, from a late eighth-century manuscript of biblical extracts (Cod…Figure 2.1(b) High medieval handwriting, from a twelfth-century manuscript of canon law (Cod. …Figure 2.1(c) Later medieval handwriting, in an extract from a civic court record, mid-fourtee…Figure 2.2 Les Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry, month of February (Wikimedia Commons)
4 Chapter 4Map of World Systems
Guide
1 Cover
7 Preface to the Second Edition
8 Preface and Acknowledgements
11 Index
Pages
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