1. Framing the Middle Ages -- A Medieval Tale -- Medievalisms and Historiographies -- The Politics of Framing -- 2. Tracing the Middle Ages -- Polyphony or Cacophony? -- Editions and Archives -- Using Documents -- Chronicles -- Charters -- Images -- Legal Records -- 3. Reading the Middle Ages -- Anthropology -- Numbers and Statistics -- Archaeology, Science and Material Culture -- Texts and Cultural Theory -- 4. Debating the Middle Ages -- Ritual -- Social Structures -- Globalisms -- Cultural Identities -- Power -- 5. Making and Remaking the Middle Ages.
Summary:
"A rich and compelling overview of the sources and methods used by medieval historians"--
