Social Identity in Early Medieval Britain

ISBN-13: 9780718500849 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 288 str.

William O. Frazer;Andrew Tyrell

Opis

Social identity is a concept od increasing importance in the social sciences. Here, the concept is applied to the often atheoretical realm of medieval studies. Each contributor focuses on a particular topic of early medieval identity - ethnicity, national identity, social location, subjectivity/personhood, political organization, kiship, the body, gender, age, proximity/regionality, memory and ideological systems. The result is a pioneering vision of medieval social identity and a challenge to some of the received general wisdoms about this period.