Misconceptions about the Middle Ages /

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Imprint:New York : Routledge, 2008.
Description:viii, 298 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
Series:Routledge studies in medieval religion and culture ; 7
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6678496
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Other authors / contributors:Harris, Stephen J., 1966-
Grigsby, Bryon Lee.
ISBN:9780415770538 (hardback : alk. paper)
041577053X (hardback : alk. paper)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. [263]-290) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • The Church
  • 1. Was the Medieval Church Corrupt?
  • 2. Papal Infallibility
  • 3. "The Age of Faith": Everyone in the Middle Ages Believed in God
  • 4. Everyone was an Orthodox, Educated Roman Catholic
  • 5. The Myth of The Virgin Nun
  • 6. The Medieval Popess
  • 7. Medieval Monks: Funnier than You Thought
  • 8. Medieval Attitudes Toward Muslims And Jews
  • War and the State
  • 9. The Crusades: Eschatological Lemmings, Younger Sons, Papal Hegemony and Colonialism
  • 10. The Myth of the Mounted Knight
  • 11. The Power of Medieval Kings
  • Science
  • 12. The Myth Of The Flat Earth
  • 13. The Medieval Sense of Self
  • 14. The Middle Ages Were a Superstitious Time
  • 15. The Age Before Reason
  • 16. Rehabilitating Medieval Medicine
  • 17. Medical Misconceptions
  • The Arts
  • 18. Medieval Cuisine: Hog's Swill or Culinary Art?
  • 19. What Did Medieval People Eat?
  • 20. Medieval Drama
  • 21. Shakespeare Did not Write in Old English
  • 22. An Austere Age Without Laughter
  • 23. King Arthur: The Once And Future Misconception
  • Society
  • 24. A "Peasants' Revolt"?
  • 25. The Medieval Sense of History
  • 26. The Medieval Peasant
  • 27. Witches and the Myth of the Medieval Burning Times
  • 28. The Medieval Child: an Unknown Phenomenon?
  • 29. Were Women Able to Read and Write in the Middle Ages?
  • 30. Teaching Chaucer in Middle English
  • 31. The Medieval Chastity Belt Unbuckled
  • Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index