Medievalisms in a Global Age Weisl Squillace Hardback Boydell and Brewer

Medievalisms in a Global AgeAuthor(s): Angela Jane Weisl, Robert Squillace, Matthias D Berger, Anna Czarnowus, Maxime Danesin, Andrew B R Elliott, Joseph Osei-Bonsu, Anne Giblin Gedacht, Luiz Felipe Anchieta Guerra, Miranda Lynn Hajduk\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: D.S. Brewer\nISBN-13: 9781843847038, 978-1843847038\nSynopsis\nDiscusses contemporary medievalism in studies ranging from Brazil to West Africa, from Manila to New York.\nAcross the world, revivals of medieval practices, images, and tales flourish as never before. The essays collected here, informed by approaches from Global Studies and the critical discourse on the concept of a \""Global Middle Ages\"", explore the many facets of contemporary medievalism: post-colonial responses to the enforced dissemination of Western medievalisms, attempts to retrieve pre-modern cultural traditions that were interrupted by colonialism, the tentative forging of a global \""medieval\"" imagin.