The Long Morning of Medieval Europe: New Directions in Early Medieval Studies

by Jennifer R. Davis (Editor), Michael McCormick (Editor)

This text emerged from a conference held at Harvard University in October 2004. It offers some very new ways that people are thinking about five great themes in early medieval studies, including 'Discovering the Early Medieval Economy', 'Sounding Early Medieval Holiness' and 'The Intellectuality of Early Medieval Art'.

Genres: History, Medieval

368 pages, Hardcover

First published June 30, 2008

Reviews

[Logan Strait · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some of these essays are outrght intresting. Many of them much less-so. I feel as though these "new directions" would be of more value to someone in the acaemic context of arly medieval studies specifically, because to my amateur eyes they appear to vacillate between refuting claims which I myself have not been exposed to and diving deep into territory I could care less about. The last few chapters on art are probably my favorites. But if you pick up this book on the recommendation of Paul Freedman hoping to glean a little more vision about the world before AD M, you might walk away scratching your head. You might feel as though you've missed the forest for the trees.