Marcus Bull

This book examines the place of the Middle Ages in modern popular culture, exploring the roots of the stereotypes that appear in films, on television and in the press. The book also asks whether "medieval" is indeed a useful category in terms of historical periodization. It investigates some of the particular challenges posed by medieval sources and the ways in which they have survived, and concludes with an exploration of the relevance of medieval history in today's world.

An Introduction to the Study of the Middle Ages

Thinking Medieval

Tatiana C. String

In architecture, music and literature, in paintings, films and television series, in print and on the internet, the Tudors are a hugely popular commodity. This volume is the first to study this phenomenon in depth, assembling foremost scholars in multiple fields to examine why the Tudors still make such an impact.

Historical Imagination and the Appropriation of the Sixteenth Century

Tudorism

And on the Ordinary Apparatus Used for Their Combustion

Experiments to Determine the Comparative Value of the Principal Varieties of Fuel Used in the United States, and Also in Europe

Containing a Correspondence with a Committee of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Their Report, and Remarks Thereon : and Animadversions on the Manner in which the Trust Confided to the Academy by Count Rumford Has Been Managed

A Defence of the Experiments to Determine the Comparative Value of the Principal Varieties of Fuel Used in the United States, and Also in Europe

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