Memories Lost in the Middle Ages. Collective Forgetting as an Alternative Procedure of ...
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Memoria and Remembrance practices, vol. 5
- Pages: approx. 300 p.
- Size:178 x 254 mm
- Illustrations:20 b/w, 5 tables b/w., 4 maps b/w
- Language(s):English
- Publication Year:2023
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- ISBN: 978-2-503-59119-3
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Medieval memoria – commemoration of the dead – was both a form of collective memory and a formative social practice.
BIO
Gustavs Strenga (PhD) is a post-doc research fellow at the University of Greifswald. The history of medieval Livonia, memory studies, remembrance of medieval heroes, ethnicity in the Middle Ages, gift giving as a historical phenomenon, and book history are his main academic interests.
Summary
Medieval memoria – commemoration of the dead – was both a form of collective memory and a social practice that was present in every sphere of life. It shaped identities and constituted groups, thus the research of commemorative practices can tell lots about medieval communities. This study reveals importance of memoria as a form collective memory for different groups and institutions: urban government and guilds, the Teutonic Order, bishops and cathedral chapters, and monastic communities, in late medieval Livonia (modern day Latvia and Estonia). Livonia was Christianised during the thirteenth century and rapidly woven in the fabric of medieval European culture and the historiographical narratives of this period represented collective memory of multiple Livonian communities.
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