{"product_id":"the-devils-historians-how-modern-extremists-abuse-the-medieval-past-paperback-softback-9781487587840","title":"The Devil's Historians; How Modern Extremists Abuse the Medieval Past (Paperback \/ softback) 9781487587840","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Devil's Historians\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHow Modern Extremists Abuse the Medieval Past\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAmy Kaufman (Author), Paul Sturtevant (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781487587840\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 28 May 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e208 pages, 4 b\u0026amp;w illustrations\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.3 cm, 0.24 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"This is an important overview of both extremism in society today and its use of medieval symbols, folktales, and rewritten history by groups to justify everything from degradation of women to racism to the arbitrary construct of two genders.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Wendy J. Turner (\u003cem\u003eMedievally Speaking \u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"With a strong and well-argued thesis, supported with plentiful details, this book should be read by those who teach medieval studies as a guide to the political minefield their area has become.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - S. Morillo, Wabash College (Choice) \u003cp\u003e\"For anyone keen to know how medievalist myths are used as weapons, this book is the place to start. It is also a mine of information and analysis for anyone wishing to research more deeply into the dangerous uses of medievalism.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Helen Dell, The University of Melbourne (\u003cem\u003eParergon\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Devil\u0026amp;#x2019;s Historians\u003c\/i\u003e is an accessible and quick introduction to many of the problems we confront in studying the medieval past in the twenty-first century, laying out both the stakes and some possible avenues of countering the use of history to support hate.\"\u003c\/p\u003e - Matthew Gabriele, Virginia Tech (\u003cem\u003eThe Public Historian\u003c\/em\u003e)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmy S. Kaufman and Paul B. Sturtevant examine the many ways in which the medieval past has been manipulated to promote discrimination, oppression, and murder. Tracing the fetish for \"medieval times\" behind toxic ideologies like nationalism, antisemitism, Islamophobia, misogyny, and white supremacy, Kaufman and Sturtevant show us how the Middle Ages have been twisted for political purposes in every century that followed. \u003cem\u003eThe Devil\u0026amp;#x2019;s Historians\u003c\/em\u003e casts aside the myth of an oppressive, patriarchal medieval monoculture and reveals a medieval world not often shown in popular culture: one that is diverse, thriving, courageous, compelling, and complex.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAcknowledgments\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Weaponizing History\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. The Middle Ages: Foundational Myths\u003cbr\u003e2. Nationalism and Nostalgia\u003cbr\u003e3. The \"Clash of Civilizations\"\u003cbr\u003e4. White (Supremacist) Knights\u003cbr\u003e5. Knights in Shining Armor and Damsels in Distress\u003cbr\u003e6. Medievalism and Religious Extremism\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: The Future of the Medieval Past\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eFurther Reading\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Toronto Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52676785799448,"sku":"9781487587840","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-devils-historians-how-modern-extremists-abuse-the-medieval-past-paperback-softback-9781487587840","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}