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Other Middle Ages: Witnesses at the Margins of Medieval Society (The Middle Ages Series)
Michael Goodich
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Description for Other Middle Ages: Witnesses at the Margins of Medieval Society (The Middle Ages Series)
Paperback. Other Middle Ages serves as an important balance to the many source collections that reflect the ideology of the dominant classes and neglect the voices that bring us insights from the edge of society. "Goodich's anthology opens a new chapter in medieval studies, focusing on the margins and the people living there."-The Medieval Review Editor(s): Goodich, Michael. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBG; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
Seldom heard from in modern times, those on the margins of Medieval Europe have much to tell us about the society that defined them. More than just a fascinating cast of characters, the visionaries and sexual dissidents, the suicidal and psychologically unbalanced, the lepers and converts of Medieval times reveal the fears of a people for whom life was made both meaningful and terrifying by the sacred. After centuries of historical silence, these and other disenfranchised members of the medieval public have been given voice by Michael Goodich in a unique collection of texts from ... Read more
Seldom heard from in modern times, those on the margins of Medieval Europe have much to tell us about the society that defined them. More than just a fascinating cast of characters, the visionaries and sexual dissidents, the suicidal and psychologically unbalanced, the lepers and converts of Medieval times reveal the fears of a people for whom life was made both meaningful and terrifying by the sacred. After centuries of historical silence, these and other disenfranchised members of the medieval public have been given voice by Michael Goodich in a unique collection of texts from ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Series
The Middle Ages Series
Condition
New
Weight
417 g
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Pennsylvania, United States
ISBN
9780812216547
SKU
V9780812216547
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About Michael Goodich
Michael Goodich is Associate Professor of History at the University of Haifa, Israel.
Reviews for Other Middle Ages: Witnesses at the Margins of Medieval Society (The Middle Ages Series)
Other Middle Ages serves as an important balance to the many source collections that reflect the ideology of the dominant classes and neglect the voices that bring us insights from the edge of society. Goodich's anthology opens a new chapter in medieval studies, focusing on the margins and the people living there. -The Medieval Review Anyone interested in medieval ... Read more