Social Identity in Early Medieval Britain
Author: William O. Frazer
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2001-01-01
Total Pages: 299
ISBN-13: 1441195025
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSocial identity is a concept od increasing importance in the social sciences. Here, the concept is applied to the often atheoretical realm of medieval studies. Each contributor focuses on a particular topic of early medieval identity - ethnicity, national identity, social location, subjectivity/personhood, political organization, kiship, the body, gender, age, proximity/regionality, memory and ideological systems. The result is a pioneering vision of medieval social identity and a challenge to some of the received general wisdoms about this period.