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Ancient and Medieval Memories: Studies in the Reconstruction of the Past

By Janet Coleman

Book information

Year
2005
ISBN
9780521019378, 9780511521331, 0521411440, 0521019370, 0511521332, 9780521411448
LCC
D13 .C596 1991
Open Library ID
OL1869282M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
11 MB (11015771 bytes)
Pages
668\666
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

This book contains a series of studies that take the ancient texts as evidence of the past, and show how medieval readers and writers understood them. In particular, they examine how medieval readers examined the construction of these texts to find some reflection of how it felt to exist within the ancient world. The studies confirm that medieval and Renaissance interpretations and uses of the past differ greatly from a modern interpretation and uses, and yet the study betrays many startling continuities between modern and ancient medieval theories. Discussion extends from the nature of historical evidence, through theories behind medieval historiography, to various hypotheses relating physiological attributes of the brain to intellectual processes of the mind.

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