Simon Yarrow
Biographic Data
| ID | 1531094 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Simon Yarrow |
| GIVEN NAMES | Simon |
| FAMILY NAME | Yarrow |
| SIGNATURE | YARROW S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Birmingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9637-0828 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2006 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Sacred Foundations
Economic Imaginaries of the Global Middle Ages
Economic Imaginaries of the Global Middle Ages'A global economic history can even less afford to ignore 'culture' in the sense of knowledge, rules of conduct and value-orientations than economic history in a national mode '. 1 This chapter explores two related prospects for the 'global middle ages': first, the loosening of conceptual ties in which modern historiography binds the middle ages; 2 and, second, the reframing of the middle ages of conv…
Religion, Belief, and Society
This article argues that current anthropology provides historians with the opportunity to enrich their understanding of medieval Christianity. Both disciplines share similar goals, though these have been differently shaped by the conditions in which they encounter their evidence. The first half of this article reviews classic evolutionary, structural, and functionalist anthropological approaches to religion, and considers how these have influence…
Masculinity As a World Historical Category of Analysis
I would like to begin this chapter by citing two passages at length. First: King Overami came into Benin City with a large following, amounting to 700 or 800 people, all unarmed, headed by messengers with a white flag in front. He was supported in the usual way by chosen men holding him up by each arm. Some twenty of his wives who accompanied him, were of a very different class from those seen previously. They had fine figures, with their hair wo…
Medievalisms in the Postcolonial World
Narrative, Audience and the Negotiation of Community in Twelfth-Century English Miracle Collections
The institutional emphasis on distinctions between the elite and the ordinary faithful is a feature of a number of religions. Such distinctions permit rich and diverse forms of exchange across the lines they demarcate, not simply reducible to economic models of explanation, but subject to symbolic and cultural negotiation. These exchanges fostered social ideals, implicit understandings and modes of behaviour that helped to make hierarchy in compl…
Economic Imaginaries of the Global Middle Ages
Economic Imaginaries of the Global Middle Ages'A global economic history can even less afford to ignore 'culture' in the sense of knowledge, rules of conduct and value-orientations than economic history in a national mode '. 1 This chapter explores two related prospects for the 'global middle ages': first, the loosening of conceptual ties in which modern historiography binds the middle ages; 2 and, second, the reframing of the middle ages of conv…
Narrative, Audience and the Negotiation of Community in Twelfth-Century English Miracle Collections
The institutional emphasis on distinctions between the elite and the ordinary faithful is a feature of a number of religions. Such distinctions permit rich and diverse forms of exchange across the lines they demarcate, not simply reducible to economic models of explanation, but subject to symbolic and cultural negotiation. These exchanges fostered social ideals, implicit understandings and modes of behaviour that helped to make hierarchy in compl…
Masculinity As a World Historical Category of Analysis
I would like to begin this chapter by citing two passages at length. First: King Overami came into Benin City with a large following, amounting to 700 or 800 people, all unarmed, headed by messengers with a white flag in front. He was supported in the usual way by chosen men holding him up by each arm. Some twenty of his wives who accompanied him, were of a very different class from those seen previously. They had fine figures, with their hair wo…
Medievalisms in the Postcolonial World
Religion, Belief, and Society
This article argues that current anthropology provides historians with the opportunity to enrich their understanding of medieval Christianity. Both disciplines share similar goals, though these have been differently shaped by the conditions in which they encounter their evidence. The first half of this article reviews classic evolutionary, structural, and functionalist anthropological approaches to religion, and considers how these have influence…
Economic Imaginaries of the Global Middle Ages
Economic Imaginaries of the Global Middle Ages'A global economic history can even less afford to ignore 'culture' in the sense of knowledge, rules of conduct and value-orientations than economic history in a national mode '. 1 This chapter explores two related prospects for the 'global middle ages': first, the loosening of conceptual ties in which modern historiography binds the middle ages; 2 and, second, the reframing of the middle ages of conv…
Sacred Foundations
History (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Ancient history (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Art history (2 works) · Epistemology (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Medieval Literature and History (2 works) · Middle Ages (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works)