Gabrielle M. Spiegel
Auteur de The Past as Text: The Theory and Practice of Medieval Historiography (Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society)
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Œuvres de Gabrielle M. Spiegel
The Past as Text: The Theory and Practice of Medieval Historiography (Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society) (1997) 29 exemplaires
Romancing the Past : The Rise of Vernacular Prose Historiography in Thirteenth-Century France (New Historicism :… (1993) 26 exemplaires
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- Date de naissance
- 1943-01-20
- Sexe
- female
- Organisations
- American Historical Association (president | 2008)
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- 1
- Membres
- 77
- Popularité
- #231,246
- Évaluation
- 3.7
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- 1
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- 11
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- 1
The most interesting parts for me were the introduction and conclusion, in which Spiegel sketches out the history of Saint-Denis and its association with French royalty, and analyses the significance of its chronicles in helping to create a historical narrative which supported the burgeoning French state. Over time, she asserts, the abbey positioned itself as the premiere repository of royal and state memory, writing formal chronicles in Latin which were later translated into the vernacular and became the histories with which most literate French people were familiar during the medieval period. Overall, a useful, if not a thrilling, book.… (plus d'informations)