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Shopkow, Leah

 
9781487525866: The Saint and the Count: A Case Study for Reading Like a Historian
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ISBN 10: 1487525869 ISBN 13: 9781487525866
Casa editrice: Univ of Toronto Pr, 2021

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While historians know that history is about interpreting primary sources, students tend to think of history as a set of facts.

In The Saint and the Count, Leah Shopkow opens up the interpretive world of the historian using the biography of St. Vitalis of Savigny (d. 1122) as a case study. This biography was written around 1174 by Stephen of Foug?res and provides a rich stage to demonstrate the kinds of questions historians ask about primary sources and the interpretive and conceptual frameworks they use. What is the nature of medieval sources and what are the interpretive problems they present? How does the positionality of Stephen of Foug?res shape his biography of St. Vitalis? How did medieval people respond to stories of miracles? And finally, how does this biography illuminate the problem of violence in medieval society? A translation of the biography is included, so that readers can explore the text on their own.

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Informazioni sull'autore

Leah Shopkow is a professor of history at Indiana University-Bloomington.

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Editore
Univ of Toronto Pr
Data di pubblicazione
2021
Lingua
Inglese
ISBN 10 
1487525869
ISBN 13 
9781487525866
Rilegatura
Copertina flessibile
Numero di pagine
202
Contatto del produttore
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