What is Medieval History? (Hardcover)

List of Illustrations vii

Preface and Acknowledgements viii

1 Framing the Middle Ages 1

A Medieval Tale 1

Medievalisms and Historiographies 8

The Politics of Framing 16

2 Tracing the Middle Ages 23

Polyphony or Cacophony? 23

Editions and Archives 26

Using Documents 30

Chronicles 36

Charters 40

Images 46

Legal Records 51

3 Reading the Middle Ages 57

Anthropology 58

Numbers and Statistics 65

Archaeology and Material Culture 72

Texts and Cultural Theory 79

4 Debating the Middle Ages 86

Ritual 88

Social Structures 95

Cultural Identities 104

Power 109

5 Making and Remaking the Middle Ages 119

Notes 128

Further Reading 143

Index 148