Time- and Age-Awareness in Early Modern Russia

Bibliographic Data

ID2107952
AuthorsDaniel H Kaiser, Daniel Kaiser (0000-0002-9007-3160, Grinnell College), Peyton Engel (0000-0002-6977-5387, University of Wisconsin–Madison)
Year1993
Volume35
Issue4
Pages824-839
Publication date1993-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueComparative Studies in Society and History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0010-4175 • E-ISSN: 1475-2999
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0010417500018727
OpenAlexW2069569118
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited19

Emmanuel LeRoy Ladurie has observed that in medieval Montaillou 'time was always vague,' so that 'history was absent or almost absent from Montaillou culture.' According to the inquisition record on which LeRoy Ladurie depended, Montaillou villagers often found it difficult to determine exactly how long ago a given event had occurred. They described past events as having happened 'three or four years ago,' 'seventeen or eighteen years ago,' 'twenty or twenty-four years since.' Others quantified the past by referring to 'the time when the heretics predominated in Montaillou, before the round-up by the Inquisition in Carcassonne.' Unsurprisingly, the same imprecision governed their sense of age. In rural Montaillou, the rhythm of transhumance more readily marked time than did any abstract calendar (LeRoy Ladurie 1979:280-1

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