To learn more about the processes when dealing with the past is an important key to understanding why and how societies and communities change and evolve. This book presents various case studies, from the Middle Age onwards, about how the past has been made meaningful and relevant to people living in later periods.
To learn more about the processes when dealing with the past is an important key to understanding why and how societies and communities change and evo...
Eighteenth-century gentleman scholars collected antiquities. Nineteenth-century nation states built museums to preserve their historical monuments. In the present world, heritage is a global concern as well as an issue of identity politics. What does it mean when runic stones or medieval churches are transformed from antiquities to monuments to heritage sites? This book argues that the transformations concern more than words alone: They reflect fundamental changes in the way we experience the past, and the way historical objects are assigned meaning and value in the present. This book...
Eighteenth-century gentleman scholars collected antiquities. Nineteenth-century nation states built museums to preserve their historical monuments...
