The Past as Text: The Theory and Practice of Medieval Historiography
(Part of the Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society Series)
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This study of familiar medieval histories and chronicles argues that the historian should be aware of the discursive nature, literary modes, and ideological investments of such texts as well as the social circumstances to which they were applied and by which they were generated. Postmodernism has challenged historians to look at historical texts in a new way and to be skeptical of the claim that one can confidently retrieve "fact"...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0801862590
ISBN13:9780801862595
Release Date:November 1999
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:320 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"
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