The revolt of the medievalists'. Directions in recent research on the twelfth-century renaissance

Bibliographic Data

ID5771106
AuthorsLeidulf Melve (University of Bergen, corresponding author)
Year2006
Volume32
Issue3
Pages231-252
Publication date2006-08-15
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Medieval History (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0304-4181 • E-ISSN: 1873-1279
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1016/j.jmedhist.2006.07.006
OpenAlexW2019796230
LanguageEN
Citations received21

This historiographical article contains two basic parts. First, it discusses recent approaches to the twelfth-century renaissance in the last two decades by focusing on some selected themes. These themes basically derive from Charles Homer Haskins' notion of the renaissance and include individualism, rationality, secularisation, and the question of the emergence of a 'critical mentality.' From this point of departure, the article addresses the question of thematic innovation with regard to the twelfth-century renaissance. The second part of the article discusses the effect of the so-called linguistic turn on renaissance studies in general and on the twelfth-century renaissance in particular. In conclusion, some suggestions for further research are singled out

Historiography · Renaissance literature · Byzantine Studies and History · Medieval Literature and History

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