How to Analyze a Medievalism: Three Key Concepts

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This video introduces three key concepts for understanding the "medieval" as a phenomenon of our cultural imagination today. These concepts come from Tom Shippey's chapter in Medievalism: A Critical History, and are foundational to my taxonomy for understanding medievalism.

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Want to know more about medievalism? Be sure to check out my more general introduction here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PhyfVM3r9o&t=135s

Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:54 Tom Shippey's Three Factors
04:14 1. The Relationship with the Medieval Past
09:32 2. The Author's Didactic Authority
16:14 3. The Relationship with the "canon" of medievalism

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