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Article
Public Medievalism: Fustel de Coulanges and the Case for "Diplomatic Negotiations"
Studies in Medievalism
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2022
Disciplines
Abstract
This article focuses on the example of Numa Denis Fustel de Coulanges, a public scholar working in Paris before the institutionalization of medieval studies, to examine a moment (The Commune of 1871) when medievalism and politics intersected in complex ways that reflect many of today’s seemingly intractable political conflicts. Could some of the “diplomatic” methods advocated by Fustel de Coulanges – notably the creation of a public “arena” for contemporaries to debate “friction points” from the past – provide ideas for medievalists to engage more actively with the public today?
Book Publisher
D.S. Brewer
Journal ISSN / Book ISBN
9781800105744
Citation Information
Elizabeth Emery. "Public Medievalism: Fustel de Coulanges and the Case for "Diplomatic Negotiations"" Studies in Medievalism (2022) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/elizabeth-emery/93/