false 351753 4 <CENTER><B><P>INVENTING THE MIDDLE AGES</P><P>The Lives, Works, and Ideas of the Great Medievalists of the Twentieth Century</P></B></CENTER><P>In this ground-breaking work, Norman Cantor explains how our current notion of the Middle Ages-with its vivid images of wars, tournaments, plagues, saints and kings, knights and ladies-was born in the twentieth century. The medieval world was not simply excavated through systematic research. It had to be conceptually created: It had to be invented, and this is the story of that invention. </P><P>Norman Cantor focuses on the lives and works of twenty of the great medievalists of this century, demonstrating how the events of their lives, and their spiritual and emotional outlooks, influenced their interpretations of the Middle Ages. Cantor makes their scholarship an intensely personal and passionate exercise, full of color and controversy, displaying the strong personalities and creative minds that brought new insights about the past. </P><P>A revolution in academic method, this book is a breakthrough to a new way of teaching the humanities and historiography, to be enjoyed by student and general public alike. It takes an immense body of learning and transmits it so that readers come away fully informed of the essentials of the subject, perceiving the interconnection of medieval civilization with the culture of the twentieth century and having had a good time while doing it! This is a riveting, entertaining, humorous, and learned read, compulsory for anyone concerned about the past and future of Western civilization. </P> 1639702 1991 Inventing the Middle Ages total:49|5:8|4:22|3:14|2:5|1:0| 49 180 91 3 5 3 false false Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Aug 22 12:32:46 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 13:25:27 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 15:49:55 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 15:52:00 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 26 16:29:11 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 26 16:31:21 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 07 21:09:59 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 07 21:09:59 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Oct 07 11:36:07 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 11:36:07 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Tue Oct 06 21:48:10 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 06 21:48:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Sep 24 19:00:53 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 19:00:53 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Sep 22 19:00:48 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 22 19:00:48 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Sep 20 09:43:40 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 09:43:40 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Sep 12 12:30:28 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 12 12:30:28 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Thu Sep 10 16:21:50 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 16:21:50 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Tue Sep 01 08:39:31 -0700 2009 Tue Sep 01 08:39:31 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Aug 16 10:05:50 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 16 10:05:50 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Sat Aug 15 16:22:27 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 15 16:22:27 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sat Aug 08 00:12:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 08 00:12:00 -0700 2009 2 0 false false Mon Aug 03 13:21:57 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 13:21:57 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Wed Jul 29 10:23:18 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 29 10:23:18 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jul 20 20:06:11 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 20:06:12 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jul 20 16:53:57 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 20 16:56:30 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Mon Jul 13 19:46:01 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 13 19:46:01 -0700 2009