Medieval or Early Modern: The Value of a Traditional Historical Division

For half a millennium it has been customary for many historians to refer to the period between the fall of Rome and the end of the fifteenth century as 'medieval', a tradition which hardened into a professional orthodoxy during the nineteenth century. In the late twentieth century, it also...

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Main Author: Hutton, Ronald (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Newcastle-upon-Tyne Cambridge Scholars Publishing 2015
Edition:1st ed
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Summary:For half a millennium it has been customary for many historians to refer to the period between the fall of Rome and the end of the fifteenth century as 'medieval', a tradition which hardened into a professional orthodoxy during the nineteenth century. In the late twentieth century, it also seemed convenient to many to describe the first half of a steadily lengthening modern period as 'early modern', which also hardened into an orthodoxy among English-speakers, at least, by the 1980s. Both ter..
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Physical Description:1 online resource (194 pages)
ISBN:9781443879248
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