The uses of the middle ages in modern European states: history, nationhood and the search for origins

An assessment of the role of the Middle Ages in national historiography and in modern conceptions of national identity, looking at relatively young nations, and regions which claim national traditions but were slow to achieve, or regain, separate statehood. Examples range from Ireland and Iceland through Austria and Italy to Finland and Greece. ROBERT EVANS has been Regius professor of History at the University of Oxford, UK since 1997. His main publications are: 'Rudolf II and his World'; 'TheMaking of the Habsburg Monarchy'; 'Austria, Hungary, and the Habsburgs: Essays on Central Europe, c. 1683-1867'. His current research is on the Habsburg lands, 16th to 20th century, especially modern Hungary; and Welsh history in comparative context. GUY P. MARCHAL is Emeritus professor of General and Swiss History, University of Lucerne. Main relevant works: 'Die frommen Schweden in Schwyz. Das 'Herkommen der Schwyzer und Oberhasler' als Quelle zum schwyzerischen Selbstverständnis im 15. und 16. Jahrhundert'; 'Geschichte der Schweiz und der Schweizer'; 'Schweizer Gebrauchsgeschichte. Geschichtsbilder, Mythenbildungund nationale Identität'. Special interests in the history of mentalités, historical anthropology, historiography and the history of traditions. INDICE: - List of Contributors - Introduction; 'G.Marchal' - PART I: CELTSAND SCANDINAVIA - Transmission and Translation of Medieval Irish Sources in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; 'B.Cunningham' - The 'Decline of Norway': Grief and Fascination in Norwegian Historiography on the Middle Ages; 'J.E.Myhre' - 'Braves Step out of the Night of the Barrows': Regenerating the Heritage of Early Medieval Finland; 'D.Fewster' - Interpreting the Nordic Past: Icelandic Medieval Manuscripts and the Construction of a Modern Nation; 'G.Hálfdanarson' - PART II: BENELUX - A Serious Case of Amnesia: The Dutch and their Middle Ages; 'P.Raedts' - Medieval Myths and the Building of National Identity: the Example of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; 'M.Margue'& 'P.Péporté' - An Eraof Grandeur: The Middle Ages in Belgian National Historiography, 1830-1914; 'J.Tollebeek' - PART III: BALKANS - To Whom Does Byzantium Belong? Greeks, Turks and the Present of the Medieval Balkans; 'J.Niehoff-Panagiotidis' - The Image of the Kosovo Battle (1389) Today: A Historic Event, a Moral Pattern, or theTool of Political Manipulation; 'M.E uica' - PART IV: CENTRAL EUROPE - Italy's Various Middle Ages; 'M.Moretti'& 'I.Porciani' - Medievalism and Swiss National Identity; 'G.Marchal' - The Public Instrumentalization of the Middle Agesin Austria since 1945;' H.Wolfram' - 'Old Czechs were Hefty Heroes': The Construction and Reconstruction of Czech National History in its Relationship to the 'Great' Medieval Past; 'F.E mahel' - Conclusion; 'R.J.W.Evans' - Bibliography - Index

• ISBN: 978-0-230-57602-5
• Editorial: Palgrave MacM
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 304
• Fecha Publicación: 21/12/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Desconocido