Misconceptions about the Middle Ages / edited by Stephen J. Harris and Bryon L. Grigsby.

Other author Harris, Stephen J., 1966-
Other author Grigsby, Bryon Lee.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Routledge,
Descriptionviii, 298 p. ; 24 cm.
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
Subjects
Civilization, Medieval.
Middle Ages.
Civilization, Medieval--Historiography.
Middle Ages--Historiography.
Common fallacies.
Europe--History. --Errors, inventions, etc.

SeriesRoutledge studies in medieval religion and culture ; 7
Contents Was the medieval church corrupt? / Frans van Liere -- Papal infallibility / Elaine M. Beretz -- "The age of faith" : everyone in the Middle Ages believed in God / Peter Dendle -- Everyone was an orthodox, educated Roman Catholic / Michael D. C. Drout -- Myth of the virgin nun / Mary Dockray-Miller -- Medieval Popess / Vincent DiMarco -- Medieval monks : funnier than you thought / Liam Ethan Felsen -- Medieval attitudes toward Muslims and Jews / Michael Frassetto -- Crusades : eschatological lemmings, younger sons, papal hegemony, and colonialism / Jessalynn Bird -- Myth of the mounted knight / James G. Patterson -- Myth of the flat earth / Louise M. Bishop -- Medieval sense of self / Ronald J. Ganze -- Middles Ages were a superstitious time / Peter Dendle -- Age before reason / Richard Raiswell -- Rehabilitating medieval medicine / Anne Van Arsdall -- Medieval misconceptions / Bryon Grigsby -- Medieval cuisine : hog's swill or culinary art? / Jean-Franc̦ois Kosta-Théfaine -- What did medieval people eat? / Christopher Roman -- Medieval drama / Carolyn Coulson-Grigsby -- Shakespeare did not write in Old English / Marijane Osborn -- Austere age without laughter / Michael W. George -- King Arthur : the once and future misconception / S. Elizabeth Passmore -- "Peasants revolt"? / Paul Strohm -- Medieval sense of history / Richard H. Godden -- Medieval peasant / Dinah Hazell -- Witches and the myth of the medieval Burning Times / Anita Obermeier -- Medieval child : an unknown phenomenon? / Sophie Oosterwijk -- Were women able to read and write in the Middle Ages? / Helen Conrad-O'Briain -- Teaching Chaucer in Middle English / C. David Benson -- Medieval chastity belt unbuckled / Linda Migl Keyser.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [263]-290) and index.
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LCCN 2007030588
ISBN9780415770538 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN041577053X (hardback : alk. paper)

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