Modernity of the Middle Ages

The approach to the Middle Ages, more than a millennium long and far from unified and coherent, continues to oscillate between the two opposing images that the Enlightenment and Romanticism have given us. On the one hand, the Middle Ages of religious fanaticism, of superstitions, of the clash betwee...

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description The approach to the Middle Ages, more than a millennium long and far from unified and coherent, continues to oscillate between the two opposing images that the Enlightenment and Romanticism have given us. On the one hand, the Middle Ages of religious fanaticism, of superstitions, of the clash between church and state; a dark, barbaric, oppressive Middle Ages. On the other, the Middle Ages of sincere religious devotion, of great artistic expressions, of the affirmation of the freedom of peoples against the tyranny of the Roman Empire; a bright, refined, imaginative Middle Ages. In order to encounter the Middle Ages in a less stereotypical way, we must open ourselves up to the languages of the past, which on close examination reveal unexpected dimensions. If we try to listen to the voices coming to us from that distant time, we can perhaps also better understand the meaning of what the current operations of reusing the Middle Ages – of the various Middle Ages – are trying to tell us, not only about that historical period itself, but also about ourselves, today.
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spelling doab-20.500.12854ir-1777202026-06-18T05:36:59Z Modernity of the Middle Ages Buzzoni, Marina Cammarota, Maria Grazia | https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9541-5724 Francini, Marusca Intersemiotic Adaptation Medieval Cultural Heritage Medievalism Medieval Rewritings Neo-Medievalism Reception of Medieval Literature Translation and Reception Studies thema EDItEUR::1 Place qualifiers::1D Europe thema EDItEUR::3 Time period qualifiers::3K CE period up to c 1500::3KH c 500 to c 1000 CE CFN thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSA Literary theory thema EDItEUR::D Biography, Literature and Literary studies::DS Literature: history and criticism::DSM Comparative literature thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHA History: theory and methods::NHAH Historiography thema EDItEUR::N History and Archaeology::NH History::NHD European history::NHDJ European history: medieval period, middle ages The approach to the Middle Ages, more than a millennium long and far from unified and coherent, continues to oscillate between the two opposing images that the Enlightenment and Romanticism have given us. On the one hand, the Middle Ages of religious fanaticism, of superstitions, of the clash between church and state; a dark, barbaric, oppressive Middle Ages. On the other, the Middle Ages of sincere religious devotion, of great artistic expressions, of the affirmation of the freedom of peoples against the tyranny of the Roman Empire; a bright, refined, imaginative Middle Ages. In order to encounter the Middle Ages in a less stereotypical way, we must open ourselves up to the languages of the past, which on close examination reveal unexpected dimensions. If we try to listen to the voices coming to us from that distant time, we can perhaps also better understand the meaning of what the current operations of reusing the Middle Ages – of the various Middle Ages – are trying to tell us, not only about that historical period itself, but also about ourselves, today. 2026-06-18T05:36:56Z 2026-06-18T05:36:56Z 2026-06-17T17:08:15Z 2013 book 2610-9441 https://edizionicafoscari.it/en/edizioni4/libri/978-88-97735-30-4/ https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/114114 9788897735311 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/177720 ita Medieval and Modern Philologies open access image/jpeg https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/114114/4/9788897735311.pdf Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Venice University Press 10.14277/978-88-97735-31-1 10.14277/978-88-97735-31-1 9788897735311 Edizioni Ca’ Foscari – Venice University Press None Venice, Italy open access
spellingShingle Intersemiotic Adaptation
Medieval Cultural Heritage
Medievalism
Medieval Rewritings
Neo-Medievalism
Reception of Medieval Literature
Translation and Reception Studies
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Modernity of the Middle Ages
title Modernity of the Middle Ages
title_full Modernity of the Middle Ages
title_fullStr Modernity of the Middle Ages
title_full_unstemmed Modernity of the Middle Ages
title_short Modernity of the Middle Ages
title_sort modernity of the middle ages
topic Intersemiotic Adaptation
Medieval Cultural Heritage
Medievalism
Medieval Rewritings
Neo-Medievalism
Reception of Medieval Literature
Translation and Reception Studies
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Reception of Medieval Literature
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