The Gothic Bequest : Medieval Institutions in British Thought, 1688–1863
by
R. J. Smith
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0521893690
ISBN-13
9780521893695
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Imprint
Cambridge University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 20th, 2002
Print length
248 Pages
Weight
410 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.20 x 1.90 cms
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This book examines the use of medieval precedent in political and ecclesiastical debate.
Throughout much of their modern history Britons turned to the past for evidence in current controversies. Within this tradition of historical self-justification the Middle Ages had a special place: the early forms of the law and the constitution belong to the medieval centuries while the continuous history of the English Church began in the Saxon age. In this dialogue between present and past new political realities, fresh sensibilities and developing scholarship ensured that the interpretation of the Middle Ages did not for long remain unaltered. This book examines the use of medieval precedent in political and ecclesiastical debate between one such great change, the Revolution of 1688, and the mid-nineteenth-century reforms that ultimately made the tradition of historical apologetic obsolete.
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