The resources of the past in early medieval Europe
- Author(s)
- Clemens Gantner, Rosamond McKitterick, Sven Meeder
- Abstract
This volume analyses the importance of history, the textual resources of the past and the integration of Christian and imperial Rome into the cultural memory of early medieval Europe within the wider question of identity formation. The case studies in this book shed new light on the process of codification and modification of cultural heritage in the light of the transmission of texts and the extant manuscript evidence from the early middle ages. The authors demonstrate how particular texts and their early medieval manuscript representatives in Italy, Francia, Saxony and Bavaria not only reflect ethnic, social and cultural identities but themselves contributed to the creation of identities, gave meaning to social practice, and were often intended to inspire, guide, change, or prevent action, directly or indirectly. These texts are shown to be part of a cultural effort to shape the present by restructuring the past.
- Organisation(s)
- Department of History
- External organisation(s)
- Sidney Sussex College, Radboud University
- No. of pages
- 368
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781316134269
- Publication date
- 01-2015
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 601012 Medieval history
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Arts and Humanities(all)
- Portal url
- https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/the-resources-of-the-past-in-early-medieval-europe(2e37e6b4-afa5-4c9c-ba59-97fd7d75966c).html