The Making of the Middle Ages
The Making of the Middle Ages

Author: R. W. Southern

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 1961-09-10

Total Pages: 288

ISBN-13: 0300002300

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A study of the chief personalities and forces that brought Western Europe to pre-eminence as a centre for political experimentation, economic expansion, and intellectual discovery.

Medieval Building Techniques
Medieval Building Techniques

Author: Günther Binding

Publisher: Tempus Publishing, Limited

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 222

ISBN-13:

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How did medieval builders manage to construct the towering cathedrals of Europe and other great civic buildings, not to mention the tens of thousands of parish churches? By combing through thousands of medieval illuminated manuscripts, early printed works, sculptures and carvings, Gunther Binding has assembled hundreds of drawings that clearly show the tools and techniques used by the masons and builders of the Middle Ages."

The Construction of Communities in the Early Middle Ages
The Construction of Communities in the Early Middle Ages

Author: Richard Corradini

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 458

ISBN-13: 9004118624

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This volume provides a complex discussion of the variety of social efforts which were undertaken to create meaningful communities in the process of the formation of the early medieval gentes and kingdoms in the post-Roman west.

Constructing and Representing Territory in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Constructing and Representing Territory in Late Medieval and Early Modern Europe

Author: Overlaet DAMEN

Publisher:

Published: 2021-12-08

Total Pages: 360

ISBN-13: 9789463726139

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In recent political and constitutional history, scholars seldom specify how and why they use the concept of territory. In research on state formation processes and nation building, for instance, the term mostly designates an enclosed geographical area ruled by a central government. Inspired by ideas from political geographers, this book explores the layered and constantly changing meanings of territory in late medieval and early modern Europe before cartography and state formation turned boundaries and territories into more fixed (but still changeable) geographical entities. Its central thesis is that analysing the notion of territory in a premodern setting involves analysing territorial practices: practices that relate people and power to space(s). The book not only examines the construction and spatial structure of premodern territories but also explores their perception and representation through the use of a broad range of sources: from administrative texts to maps, from stained glass windows to chronicles.

Constructing the Middle Ages
Constructing the Middle Ages

Author: Pit Péporté

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2011-08-25

Total Pages: 352

ISBN-13: 9004210660

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Recognising the importance of the Middle Ages as a vital point of reference in the construction of national identities, this challenging book examines the remarkable role played by the period in the grand duchy of Luxembourg. This country is representative of the close relationship between historicism and nation-building in modern Europe. Tracing the fortunes of four pivotal figures from their own lifetimes to the present, this book uncovers how they each entered collective memory and came to play a key role in a national narrative of history. The analysis includes the foundation myth of Sigefroid and Melusine, the posthumous career of Countess Ermesinde and King John of Bohemia’s transformation into a national hero. Borrowing some of its theoretical framework from the study of lieux de mémoire, this wide-ranging book crosses disciplinary boundaries and addresses not only historical writing, but also literature, the visual arts, and popular culture.