1st Edition

Categories of Medieval Culture

By A. J. Gurevich Copyright 1985
358 Pages
by Routledge

358 Pages
by Routledge

358 Pages
by Routledge

Originally published in English in 1985, this book concentrates on the people of the Middle Ages and how they saw the world they lived in. Medieval behaviour – social, economic, political and religious, was regulated by the Medieval picture of the world. This book discusses the most important concepts of medieval culture – space and time, law, the attitude towards work, wealth and poverty – as... Read more

Introduction: The ‘World Picture’ of Medieval Man 2. Ideas of Space and Time in the Middle Ages 3. Macrocosm and Microcosm 4. What is Time? 5. ‘The Country is Built on Law…’ 6. Medieval Attitudes to Wealth and Labour 7. Conclusion: In Search of Human Personality.

Biography

A. J. Gurevich (1924–2006) was a Russian medievalist historian. George L. Campbell (1912–2004) was a Scottish linguist who worked for the BBC World Service from 1939 until 1974.

Original Review of Categories of Medieval Culture:

‘…the author is revealed as a considerable scholar…throughout the reader is arrested by some unexpected idea which makes him see the period in a new light.’ C. Dyer, Journal of Historical Geography, Volume 12, Issue 1 (1986).