Bibliograph

Medieval futures, attitudes to the future in the Middle Ages, edited by J.A. Burrow and Ian P. Wei

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Medieval futures, attitudes to the future in the Middle Ages, edited by J.A. Burrow and Ian P. Wei

Language

eng

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Medieval futures

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electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

814461185

Responsibility statement

edited by J.A. Burrow and Ian P. Wei

Series statement

Cambridge Social Sciences eBooks

Sub title

attitudes to the future in the Middle Ages

Summary

Studies of varied ways in which medieval people imagined the future, reasons behind such representations, and the implications for an understanding of medieval society as a whole. Medieval Futures explores the rich variety of ways in which medieval people imagined the future, from the prophetic anticipation of the end of the world to the mundane expectation that the world would continue indefinitely,permitting ordinary human plans and provisions. The articles explore the ways in which the future was represented to serve the present, methods used to predict the future, and strategies adopted in order to plan and provide for it. Different conceptions of the future are shown to relate to different social groups and the emergence of new mentalities, suggesting that changing conceptions of the future were related to general shifts in medieval culture.J.A. BURROW is Professor Emeritus and Senior Research Fellow at the University of Bristol; IAN P. WEI is Senior Lecturer in History and Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies at the University of Bristol.Contributors: PIERO BOITANI, PAUL BRAND, ELIZABETH A.R. BROWN, MARCUS BULL, JOHN BURROW, RHIANNON PURDIE, PHYLLIS B. ROBERTS, JEAN-CLAUDE SCHMITT, IAN P. WEI--, Provided by publisher

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