ISBN: 9780712348157 - the making of medieval forgeries (british library studies in medieval culture): false documents in fifteenth-century england (7 risultati)

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Hardcover. Condizione: Good. Condizione sovraccoperta: Good. 2004 British Library Publishing hardcover edition. Some reading wear, dustjacket stuck to boards else good condition. From the dustjacket: The Middle Ages have long been famous for spectacular forgeries. Until recently, however, there has been little detailed consideration of the cultural significance of forged texts. In The Making of Medieval Forgeries, Alfred Hiatt examines for the first time the function of forged documents in late medieval politics and society. This book explores not simply why forgeries were produced, but also the often successful role they played in substantiating personal and institutional histories. In whose interests was it to forge documents? What kinds of narratives were enshrined in forgery? And why did forgery so often escape detection? The Making of Medieval Forgeries argues that medieval forgeries were not simply acts of deception, but attempts to invest historical narratives with the authority of written record. Hiatt examines in detail cases of forgeries produced by and for monasteries, universities, and the English government itself, and finds that forgeries show a sustained and often creative engagement with the past. Hiatt also charts the emergence of new approaches to the criticism of forgery, in the process challenging a number of long-held assumptions about the birth of modern critical thought. A close study of fifteenth-century criticism of the famous 'Donation of Constantine' reveals that the identification of forgeries was no less ideologically motivated than their perpetration. Indeed, medieval forgeries emerge from this study as a fascinating paradox: an illegitimate form of historical writing crucial to the expression of personal, institutional, and national identities, whose repudiation became central to the formation of modern discourses of authenticity and value. Contents List of plates   List of figures   Abbreviations   Preface   I Introduction: Forgery and Historiography   1 The 'Problem' of Medieval Forgery   2 Forgery in England 1066-1500: An Overview   II Forgery in Fifteenth-Century England: Three Case Studies   3 Monastic Forgery: Crowland Abbey   4 Mythology of the Studium: the University of Cambridge   5 Forgery Across Borders: John Hardyng   III The Making of a Medieval Forgery   6 The 'Donation of Constantine'   7 The Humanist Discourse of Forgery   Conclusion: Ars Diplomatica   Bibliography   Index.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 3mm spot to top edge. Contents Fine. Jacket flaps have adhered to pastedowns in places and upon separation have caused some surface tears under the flaps.

Hardcover. Condizione: Fine. 1st Edition. Excellent clean, bright condition, with dust-wrapper. Fine / Like New.

Hardcover. 8vo. pp xiv, 226. Original publisher's black cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. With the small attractive bookplate, showing a bookish owl, of 'Oz' publisher, later media tycoon, Felix Dennis (1947-2014). He was also a distinguished poet, philanthropist, book collector and lover of trees (the Forest of Dennis.) ISBN: 0712348158 Fine in fine dust jacket.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. 1st Edition. Book measures 25x18cm, 226pp. Bound in original publishers cloth, with gilt title lettering. Binding in near fine condition. Dust jacket lightly rubbed. Jacket in very good clean condition. Internally, pages clean, near fine. A very good clean copy. …

Couverture rigide. Condizione: As New. Condizione sovraccoperta: As New. Edition originale. The Making of Medieval Forgeries.False documents in Fifteenth-Century England,by Alfred Hiatt.London 2003 The British Library Publications.Pages 256 Ills.8 colour and 40 black-and-white language : english text Size: 246 x 176 mm.…