LEADER 04212oam 2200769I 450 001 9910784855503321 005 20230721030814.0 010 $a1-135-98666-5 010 $a1-135-98667-3 010 $a1-281-10233-4 010 $a9786611102333 010 $a0-203-93242-0 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203932421 035 $a(CKB)1000000000403455 035 $a(EBL)325519 035 $a(OCoLC)316143784 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000203475 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11174122 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000203475 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10270769 035 $a(PQKB)10417996 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC325519 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL325519 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10204878 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL110233 035 $a(OCoLC)191700041 035 $a(OCoLC)647693795 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000403455 100 $a20180706d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aMisconceptions about the Middle Ages /$fedited by Stephen J. Harris and Bryon L. Grigsby 210 1$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2007. 215 $a1 online resource (309 p.) 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in medieval religion and culture ;$v7 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-87113-1 311 $a0-415-77053-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; I: The Church; 1 Was the Medieval Church Corrupt?; 2 Papal Infallibility; 3 ""The Age of Faith"": Everyone in the Middle Ages Believed in God; 4 Everyone Was an Orthodox Educated Roman Catholic; 5 The Myth of the Virgin Nun; 6 The Medieval Popess; 7 Medieval Monks: Funnier Than You Thought; 8 Medieval Attitudes Toward Muslims and Jews; II: War; 9 The Crusades: Eschatological Lemmings, Younger Sons, Papal Hegemony, and Colonialism; 10 The Myth of the Mounted Knight; III: Science; 11 The Myth of the Flat Earth 327 $a12 The Medieval Sense of Self13 The Middle Ages Were a Superstitious Time; 14 The Age Before Reason; 15 Rehabilitating Medieval Medicine; 16 Medical Misconceptions; IV: The Arts; 17 Medieval Cuisine: Hog's Swill or Culinary Art?; 18 What Did Medieval People Eat?; 19 Medieval Drama; 20 Shakespeare Did Not Write in Old English; 21 An Austere Age Without Laughter; 22 King Arthur: The Once and Future Misconception; V: Society; 23 A "Peasants' Revolt"?; 24 The Medieval Sense of History; 25 The Medieval Peasant; 26 Witches and the Myth of the Medieval Burning Times 327 $a27 The Medieval Child: An Unknown Phenomenon?28 Were Women Able to Read and Write in the Middle Ages?; 29 Teaching Chaucer in Middle English; 30 The Medieval Chastity Belt Unbuckled; Bibliography; Contributors; Index 330 $aInterest in the middle ages is at an all time high at the moment, thanks in part to ""The Da Vinci Code."" Never has there been a moment more propitious for a study of our misconceptions of the Middle Ages than now. Ranging across religion, art, and science, Misconceptions about the Middle Ages unravels some of the many misinterpretations that have evolved concerning the medieval period, including:the churchwarscienceartsocietyWith an impressive international array of contributions, the book will be essential readi 410 0$aRoutledge studies in medieval religion and culture ;$v7. 606 $aCivilization, Medieval 606 $aMiddle Ages 606 $aCivilization, Medieval$xHistoriography 606 $aMiddle Ages$xHistoriography 606 $aCommon fallacies 607 $aEurope$xHistory$xErrors, inventions, etc 615 0$aCivilization, Medieval. 615 0$aMiddle Ages. 615 0$aCivilization, Medieval$xHistoriography. 615 0$aMiddle Ages$xHistoriography. 615 0$aCommon fallacies. 676 $a909.07 701 $aGrigsby$b Bryon Lee$0986174 701 $aHarris$b Stephen J.$f1966-$01562764 801 0$bFlBoTFG 801 1$bFlBoTFG 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910784855503321 996 $aMisconceptions about the Middle Ages$93830650 997 $aUNINA