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fromHarper's Magazine
3 hours ago

Speaking of Pierre Nora, by John R. MacArthur

You have to dig deep into Pierre Nora's dazzling career to find the slightest hint of anything unseemly: reports that "the English essayist Perry Anderson criticized for its 'consensual blandness'" without mentioning Anderson's leftist politics and the controversy sparked by Nora's public refusal to translate and publish The Age of Extremes , a highly acclaimed book written by English historian and Marxist Eric Hobsbawm.
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fromMedievalists.net
2 weeks ago

The Age of Bede: How a Monk Shaped Early Medieval England - Medievalists.net

Bede's writings defined seventh- and eighth-century Britain by recording and shaping its history, making his name synonymous with the era.
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fromMedievalists.net
3 weeks ago

New Medieval Books: The Wilted Lily - Medievalists.net

Vernacular chronicles from Saint-Denis served as instructional manuals on rulership, reflecting moral lessons for French kings.
fromMedievalists.net
3 months ago

Five Ways the Lion Roared in the Middle Ages - Medievalists.net

The lion in medieval symbolism embodied forces that saints, kings, and Christ must overcome, representing both danger and divine authority in a chaotic world.
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