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The Theory and Practice of Medieval Historiography
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Description

Postmodernism has challenged historians to look at historical texts in a new way and to be sceptical of the claim that one can confidently retrieve "fact" from historical writings. In this work, the author sets out to read medieval histories and chronicles in light of the critical-theoretical problems raised by postmodernism. At the same time, she urges a method of analysis that enables the reader to recognize these texts simultaneously as artifice and as works deeply embedded in a historically determinate, knowable social world. Beginning with a theoretical basis for the study of medieval historiography, Gabrielle Spiegel demonstrates her theory in practice, offering readings of medieval histories and chronicles as literary, social and political constructions. The study concludes that historians should be equally aware of the discursive nature, literary modes and ideological investments of such texts and the social circumstances to which they were applied and by which they were generated.

Author Biography:

Gabrielle M. Spiegel is a professor of history at the Johns Hopkins University. She is the author of The Chronicle Tradition of Saint-Denis: A Survey and Romancing the Past: The Rise of Vernacular Prose Historiography in Thirteenth-Century France.
Release date Australia
January 3rd, 2000
Audiences
  • Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
  • Professional & Vocational
  • Undergraduate
Pages
320
Dimensions
140x216x20
ISBN-13
9780801862595
Product ID
2828261

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