Modernity of the Middle Ages

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dc.identifier	ECF_book_87
dc.creator	Buzzoni Marina
dc.creator	Cammarota Maria Grazia
dc.creator	Francini Marusca
dc.title	Modernity of the Middle Ages
dc.type	Review
dc.language.iso	it
dc.description.abstract	The approach to the Middle Ages, more than a millennium long and far from unified and coherent, continues to oscillate between the two opposing images that the Enlightenment and Romanticism have given us. On the one hand, the Middle Ages of religious fanaticism, of superstitions, of the clash between church and state; a dark, barbaric, oppressive Middle Ages. On the other, the Middle Ages of sincere religious devotion, of great artistic expressions, of the affirmation of the freedom of peoples against the tyranny of the Roman Empire; a bright, refined, imaginative Middle Ages. In order to encounter the Middle Ages in a less stereotypical way, we must open ourselves up to the languages of the past, which on close examination reveal unexpected dimensions. If we try to listen to the voices coming to us from that distant time, we can perhaps also better understand the meaning of what the current operations of reusing the Middle Ages – of the various Middle Ages – are trying to tell us, not only about that historical period itself, but also about ourselves, today.
dc.relation.ispartof	Medieval and Modern Philologies
dc.relation.ispartof	Serie occidentale
dc.identifier.doi	10.14277/978-88-97735-31-1
dc.publisher	Edizioni Ca’ Foscari - Digital Publishing
dc.issued	2013-05-01
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dc.identifier.eissn	2610-9441
dc.identifier.isbn	978-88-97735-30-4
dc.identifier.eisbn	978-88-97735-31-1
dc.rights	Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License
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Marina Buzzoni Università Ca’ Foscari Venezia, Italia

Maria Grazia Cammarota Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Italia

Marusca Francini Università degli Studi di Pavia, Italia

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The approach to the Middle Ages, more than a millennium long and far from unified and coherent, continues to oscillate between the two opposing images that the Enlightenment and Romanticism have given us. On the one hand, the Middle Ages of religious fanaticism, of superstitions, of the clash between church and state; a dark, barbaric, oppressive Middle Ages. On the other, the Middle Ages of sincere religious devotion, of great artistic expressions, of the affirmation of the freedom of peoples against the tyranny of the Roman Empire; a bright, refined, imaginative Middle Ages. In order to encounter the Middle Ages in a less stereotypical way, we must open ourselves up to the languages of the past, which on close examination reveal unexpected dimensions. If we try to listen to the voices coming to us from that distant time, we can perhaps also better understand the meaning of what the current operations of reusing the Middle Ages – of the various Middle Ages – are trying to tell us, not only about that historical period itself, but also about ourselves, today.

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