Long Middle Ages or appropriations of the medieval? : A reflection on how to decolonize the Middle Ages through the theory of Medievalism
We present an overview of the studies on the Middle Ages that exceeds the traditional chronological milestones of the period. Initially, we present the historiography on the Long Middle Ages, a construct that postulates the idea of a medieval world found in the present and thus, beyond the 15th cent...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2020 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP) |
| Repositorio: | História da Historiografia |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.www.historiadahistoriografia.com.br:article/1555 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://www.historiadahistoriografia.com.br/revista/article/view/1555 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Medievalism Long Middle Ages Historiography Medievalismo Longa idade média Historiografia |
| Sumario: | We present an overview of the studies on the Middle Ages that exceeds the traditional chronological milestones of the period. Initially, we present the historiography on the Long Middle Ages, a construct that postulates the idea of a medieval world found in the present and thus, beyond the 15th century and the European continent. In contrast, we seek to present the theory of Medievalism which emphasizes the relationship between the contemporary world and the discursive appropriations of the medieval period. This theory is not quite familiar in the Brazilian academic context, but it offers great possibilities to approach the Middle Ages from a more autonomous perspective, rather than the European historiography, on which, historically, medieval studies have been grounded. |
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