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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...

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Published in:Imago Temporis. Medium Aevum Vol. 8; pp. 85 - 106
Main Author: DONAT, LUIS ROJAS
Format: Article
Published: Consolidated Medieval Studies Research Group Space, Power & Culture 2014
Subjects:
Middle Ages
Civilization
Historiography
Intellectuals
Axioms
Feudalism
Germanic law
Online Access:View this record in EBSCOhost
Summary: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.