The Post-Historical Middle Ages (The New Middle Ages)

250 Pages·2009·2.31 MB·English

by  Elizabeth Scala

THE NEW MIDDLE AGES
BONNIE WHEELER, Series Editor
The New Middle Ages is a series dedicated to pluridisciplinary studies of medieval cultures,
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THE POST-HISTORICAL MIDDLE AGES
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Introduction: Getting Post-Historical 1 gr
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1 Amorous Dispossessions: Knowledge, Desire, orti
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9 From Clio to JHMuse©: Literacy and the Muse of Digitalia 215
R. Allen Shoaf
Notes on Contributors 229
Index 231
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