The uses of the past in the early Middle Ages /
This is the first book to investigate how people in the early middle ages used the past: to legitimate the present, to understand current events, and as a source of identity. Each essay examines the mechanisms by which ideas about the past were - sometimes - subtly reshaped for present purposes.
| Други автори: | Hen, Yitzhak., Innes, Matthew. |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2000.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=112424 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Uses of the past in the early Middle Ages. |
| Резюме: |
This is the first book to investigate how people in the early middle ages used the past: to legitimate the present, to understand current events, and as a source of identity. Each essay examines the mechanisms by which ideas about the past were - sometimes - subtly reshaped for present purposes. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (ix, 283 pages) |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
0521630010 9780521630016 0521639980 9780521639989 0511117019 9780511117015 0511040059 9780511040054 9780511496332 0511496338 9780511050855 0511050852 0511153260 9780511153266 |