Historical and Intellectual Culture in the Long Twelfth Century

Download or read book Historical and Intellectual Culture in the Long Twelfth Century written by Mia Münster-Swendsen and published by Durham Medieval and Renaissanc. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This objective is approached through two mutually enriching perspectives: one the one hand, the Danish historical texts are analysed using the theoretical and methodological advances gained through increasing scholarly interest in medieval historiography in general over the last decades, while on the other hand these texts are also placed in a larger cultural and intellectual context through comparisons with historical narratives from other areas. The period from c.1050 to 1225 saw the emergence of historical narratives about Danish affairs, a development mirroring both the rapid growth of historical writing in the Latin West in this period and the consolidation of Denmark as a Christian kingdom on the model of the great western monarchies. .