tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910636570401233731.post127960740697392972..comments2023-06-01T03:45:29.706-04:00Comments on ChanceryHillBooks: Saving Medieval Studies?Tomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11838296548128807890noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910636570401233731.post-85009676484985071672015-08-28T13:37:30.840-04:002015-08-28T13:37:30.840-04:00Thanks for visiting and reading, IDFJ (hmm, that s...Thanks for visiting and reading, IDFJ (hmm, that sounds like a Meyers-Briggs category). Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11838296548128807890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4910636570401233731.post-36626850170749594632015-08-28T13:20:42.410-04:002015-08-28T13:20:42.410-04:00"The problem with using medievalism to make t..."The problem with using medievalism to make the work of medievalists relevant is that it echoes or embodies the humanities' current focus on the modern. Medievalists hold a precarious position on the margins of the modern, and early medievalists have found themselves quite solidly placed upon the side of the pre-modern. But to simply try to make medieval studies more relevant to modernists gives the game up, it appears, by throwing the pre-modern period under the bus."<br /><br />Brilliantly put. I am going to have to quote this...<br /><br />A thoughtful piece, Tom, and I think spot-on.Indicator DFJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03766918714318953231noreply@blogger.com