medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Marcus Bull has some interesting thoughts on this problem as well in his
book, "Thinking Medieval."
Best,
Matt
On 6/25/07 9:59 AM, "Tehmina Goskar" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> In response, briefly, to the recently posed question on when 'Late
> Antiquity' and the 'Early Middle Ages' begin (and presumably end), it of
> course depends on the questions you are asking and where you are
> discussing.
>
> However, one of the most wonderful critiques of the kind of periodisation
> medievalists use is to be highly recommended in such a debate, the
> inaugural article of Medieval History journal:
>
> T. Reuter, 'Medieval: Another Tyrannous Construct?'
> The Medieval History Journal, 1 (1998), 25-45
>
> And if you are interested in agrarian reforms and land-based economy, the
> Middle Ages lasted until about 1800.
>
> Tehmina
>
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> Tehmina Goskar
> Centre for Antiquity and the Middle Ages, University of Southampton
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