Description
About the Author
CLAIRE WEEDA is a cultural historian at Leiden University.
Reviews
This book will [...] be of great use to scholars interested in examining the engagement of Celtic- speaking scholars with certain intellectual trends of the central Middle Ages. -- CAMBRIAN MEDIEVAL CELTIC STUDIES
The importance and significance of Weeda's work lies [..] in the gathering of appropriate source material, its efficient analysis, and the neat and sensible presentation of problems [..]. -- QUAESTIONES MEDII AEVI NOVAE
Weeda's book is a fresh and exciting account of how Europeans formed representations of nationhood through ethnic and racial stereotypes. It covers an enormous field of studies with ease, synthesizing less-known texts into a compelling narrative of how racial ideas served as tools for medieval European writers, teachers, students, military commanders, and states. In the last few months, I have consulted and cited this book innumerable times, suggesting that it will hold an important place on my shelf for years to come. -- Erik Wade * The Medieval Review *
Weeda's study offers a compelling account of how Europeans imagined the nation, that is, a distinctive, cohesive ethnic group who dwelt within and indeed was produced by a particular territory, in the period 950-1250. Her book therefore offers a subtle, thoughtful account of notions of ethnicity, their roots in religious, intellectual, and medico-scientific ideas, and provides a suggestive indication of their later significance both in the development of European history and Europeans' future role in colonisation and the slave trade. -- Neil Tarrant * Journal of Religious History *
Weeda is to be highly commended for a great command of her materials and thoughtful ideas about the representations of ethnicity and their links to environmental determinism, and the religious and political ramifications of these concepts in the central Middle Ages. * MEDIEVAL ARCHAEOLOGY *
Book Information
ISBN 9781914049187
Author Claire Weeda
Format Paperback
Page Count 356
Imprint York Medieval Press
Publisher York Medieval Press
Weight(grams) 1g