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The Medieval New: Ambivalence in an Age of Innovation

By Patricia Clare Ingham

Book information

Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9780812291230
DOI
10.9783/9780812291230
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
1 MB (1408778 bytes)
Pages
288\288
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-26 19:44:12

Description

Contrary to the common conception of the Middle Ages as an era opposed to innovation, The Medieval New demonstrates that medieval caution about the new was generated not by the blind appeal of tradition in a religiously conservative age, but as a response to radical expansions of possibility in realms of art and science. Contrary to the common conception of the Middle Ages as an era opposed to innovation, The Medieval New demonstrates that medieval caution about the new was generated not by the blind appeal of tradition in a religiously conservative age, but as a response to radical expansions of possibility in realms of art and science.

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