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1 online resource (222 pages) |
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Front Cover; Why the Middle Ages Matter; Copyright Page; Contents; List of contributors; Acknowledgments; A note to readers; Introduction: Celia Chazelle, Simon Doubleday, Felice Lifshitz, and Amy G. Remensnyder; 1. Crime and punishment: Penalizing without prisons: Celia Chazelle; 2. Social deviancy: A medieval approach: G. Geltner; 3. End of life: Listening to the monks of Cluny: Frederick S. Paxton; 4. Marriage: Medieval couples and the uses of tradition: Ruth Mazo Karras; 5. Women: The Da Vinci Code and the fabrication of tradition: Felice Lifshitz |
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6. Homosexuality: Augustine and the Christian closet: Mathew Kuefler7. Sexual scandal and the clergy: A medieval blueprint for disaster: Dyan Elliott; 8. Labor: Insights from a medieval monastery: Martha G. Newman; 9. Disability?: Perspectives on bodily difference from the Middle East: Kristina Richardson; 10. Race: What the bookstore hid: Maghan Keita; 11. Refugees: Views from thirteenth-century France: Megan Cassidy-Welch; 12. Torture and truth: Torquemada's ghost: Amy G. Remensnyder; 13. Class justice: Why we need a Wat Tyler Day: Peter Linebaugh |
| Summary |
The word ""medieval"" is often used in a negative way when talking about contemporary issues. Why the Middle Ages Matter refreshes our thinking about this historical era, and our own, by looking at some pressing concerns from today's world, asking how these issues were really handled in the medieval period, and showing why the past matters now. The contributors here cover topics such as torture, marriage, sexuality, imprisonment, refugees, poverty, work, the status of women, disability, race, political leadership and end of life care. They focus on a variety of regions, from North Africa and t |
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14. Leadership: Why we have mirrors for princes but none for presidents: Geoffrey KoziolIndex |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Doubleday, Simon R
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Lifshitz, Felice
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Remensnyder, Amy G
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| ISBN |
9780203803868 |
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0203803868 |
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