Memory in Early Modern Europe, 1500-1800
Prof Dr Judith Pollmann author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Published:17th Aug '17
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For early modern Europeans, the past was a measure of most things, good and bad. For that reason it was also hotly contested, manipulated, and far too important to be left to historians alone. Memory in Early Modern Europe offers a lively and accessible introduction to the many ways in which Europeans engaged with the past and 'practised' memory in the three centuries between 1500 and 1800. From childhood memories and local customs to war traumas and peacekeeping , it analyses how Europeans tried to control, mobilize and reconfigure memories of the past. Challenging the long-standing view that memory cultures transformed around 1800, it argues for the continued relevance of early modern memory practices in modern societies.
This book is an excellent study for new scholars to the discipline of memory studies and allows them to situate their own research within this thorough but synoptic overview. It asks difficult questions of pre-established notions in memory studies, and asks its reader to engage in important conversations in this ever-expanding field. Pollmann's book is thus a valuable and much-needed contribution to memory studies. * Dannielle Shaw, European History Quarterly *
an excellent book and a fine achievement. It will be useful both for those approaching the history of early modern memory for the first time, or for those who wish to place their own research into a wider context. Its arguments will be the subject of debate, but I have no doubt that this was partly the intention of the author. If it does so, this book will begin the historiographical conversation that it aimed for. * Sarah Ward Clavier, Reviews in History *
ISBN: 9780198797555
Dimensions: 240mm x 170mm x 18mm
Weight: 574g
244 pages