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  3. Why Study the Middle Ages?
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Publisher:
Amsterdam University Press
Online publication date:
December 2022
Print publication year:
2022
Online ISBN:
9781802700701
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/9781802700701
Series:
Past Imperfect
Subjects:
Art, Applied Arts
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Book description

The study of the Middle Ages in every aspect of the modern liberal arts-the humanities, STEM, and the social sciences-has significant importance for society and the individual. There is a common belief that the peoples of the past were somehow exempt from (positive, especially) human nature, had less of a sense of morality (by any definition) than we do now, or were unaware of basic human dilemmas or triumphs. Relegating the Middle Ages to 'primitive' distances us from close examination of what has not changed in society-or what has, which might not be for the better. Exploring and exploding these (mis)conceptions is essential to experience the benefits of a liberal education.

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