Times of Upheaval
Autor Pavlina Rychterovaen Paperback – 11 iun 2019
The volume unites conversations with four masters of Medieval Studies from east-central Europe: Jnos Bak from Hungary, Jerzy Kloczowski from Poland, Frantisek Smahel from the Czech Republic, and Herwig Wolfram from Austria. The interviews made by younger colleagues revealed their engaging life stories. The four academics grew up before and during the war, under Nazi occupation, emerged as young scholars in the difficult post-war period, and, for most of their careers, worked in the shadow of the Iron Curtain, two of them spending most of their lifetimes under communist regimes. The conversations focus on ways in which open-minded young intellectuals became medieval historians under difficult circumstances, on how they experienced the long shadows of totalitarian regimes with their acute sensitivity for historical change, and how their perceptions of the world around them reflected back on their approach to medieval history. The histories of their nations were broken, most of them ceased to exist and were re-established during their lifetimes, came under foreign domination, were split, or their territories shifted - what did that mean for their identities and patriotic feelings? How can the present be reflected in the distant mirror of the medieval past? In this book, the four masters reflect about their lives sharing numerous observations, anecdotes and experiences.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 9633863058
Pagini: 400
Dimensiuni: 157 x 229 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.53 kg
Editura: CEU EDUCATIONAL SERVICE NON-PROFIT LLC
Notă biografică
Pavlína Rychterová is historian at the Institut für Mittelalterforschung, ÖAW. Gábor Klaniczay is University Professor of Medieval Studies at the Central European University. dr hab. Pawel Kras prof. KUL is Professor of the Catholic University of Lublin - Department of Source Studies, Archives and History Didactics, Institute of History, Faculty of Humanities, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin.