THE MIDDLE AGES IN FOUR ENLIGHTENED FRENCHMEN.
This study presents the "civilisation-barbarity" paradigm that 18th-century French historiography, referring to the "State" of late-medieval society, associated with the situation of the laws and their enforcement by the authority. We consider that these intellectuals consolidated the pejorative ima...
| Publicado en: | Imago Temporis. Medium Aevum Vol. 8; pp. 85 - 106 |
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Consolidated Medieval Studies Research Group Space, Power & Culture
2014
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| Sumario: | This study presents the "civilisation-barbarity" paradigm that 18th-century French historiography, referring to the "State" of late-medieval society, associated with the situation of the laws and their enforcement by the authority. We consider that these intellectuals consolidated the pejorative image of the Middle Ages, converting it into an axiom in Western culture. We use revenge and contempt for the medieval as the focus of the analysis. |
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