Making the Medieval Relevant. How Medieval Studies Contribute to Improving our Understanding of the Present

• Main Author: Oschema, Klaus (auth)
• Other Authors: Kostick, Conor (auth), Jones, Chris (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: De Gruyter 2020
• Series: Das Mittelalter. Perspektiven mediävistischer Forschung. Beihefte
• Subjects: Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500; Interdisciplinarity relevance
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

When scholars discuss the medieval past, the temptation is to become immersed there, to deepen our appreciation of the nuances of the medieval sources through debate about their meaning. But the past informs the present in a myriad of ways and medievalists can, and should, use their research to addr...